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Afghanistan
"Death to Holland. Death to Denmark,"
2008-03-09
From the Dept. of I've Seen This Movie Before:
Thousands of Afghans burned Dutch and Danish flags on Saturday and demanded that their troops be sent home over cartoons and a film seen as an insult to Islam, police and witnesses said. The largest demonstration on Saturday took place in the western city of Herat near the border with Iran, where about 5,000 marched through town, chanting "Death to Holland, death to Denmark," an AFP reporter witnessed.

One of the protesters tossed a hand grenade into the governor's compound but it caused little damage, provincial police chief Juma Khan Adeel said. Some also attacked a police vehicle with sticks, breaking its windows, he added. Protesters torched the flags of each nation and said Kabul must sever ties with the governments of Denmark and The Netherlands and expel their troops serving in a NATO-led force helping to tackle an extremist insurgency here.

"We want the government of Denmark and Holland to arrest and bring to justice all those who are insulting Islam," one of the organisers said.

In the eastern province of Kunar, about 1,000 men also chanted slogans against the two countries and set alight flags, Khas Kunar district chief Sayed Mahboob said.

The demonstrators said the people behind the film and cartoon must be tried, he said.
Posted by:Seafarious

#12  Old Patriot, actually they are important, because they are awakening the West from self-induced soporific slumber induced by material plenty and apathy. For my part, I really am glad they exist, because I want them to awaken the West, for us to re-assert the superiority of Western Culture, ideas and political systems. But mostly I'd like to provide as many as possible the opportunity to see how well their heads would fit in rectal defilade!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2008-03-09 19:11  

#11  ROLF!@ lotp!!

LAA-DEE-FRIKIN-DA said w/ a Bored Look to a group of rag heads foaming at the mouth! LOL!

Gawd Damn these Islamos take themselves way too serious.. piss on em..
Posted by: RD   2008-03-09 17:01  

#10  Newsflash for all the marchers, chanters, and other assorted fruitcakes: IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO "INSULT" ISLAM IN MOST WESTERN COUNTRIES, AND IT WON'T BE AS LONG AS STRONG MEN STAND UP FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM. Get over yourselves - you're not important. Neither is your made-up Satan-worshiping religion.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-03-09 15:29  

#9  So does this make it okay for the Dutch and the Danes to have "Nuke Mecca" parades or would that be an insult to Islam?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-03-09 14:23  

#8  *yawn*
Posted by: Phort Barnsmell7838 aka Broadhead6   2008-03-09 13:09  

#7  The demonstrators said the people behind the film and cartoon must be tried

Posted by: lotp   2008-03-09 11:18  

#6  "OK, we've brought them to justice. There, you happy?"

(Note: "bringing them to justice" in this case means doing nothing.)
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2008-03-09 11:00  

#5  Death to those who say that Muslims are violent!
Posted by: Formerly Dan   2008-03-09 10:19  

#4  I look forward to the day when the chant is:

"Death to Holland! Death to Denmark! Death to Sweden! Death to Norway! Death to Finland!", and most of all:

"Death to Vikings!"

And they only feel safe to chant these things from thousands of miles away.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-03-09 10:06  

#3  Goodlife speak.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-03-09 09:52  

#2  To many of us, flag burning is a kind of sacrilege, especially if it comes with death threats.

Some of us are running out of patience.
Posted by: Excalibur   2008-03-09 08:32  

#1  "We want the government of Denmark and Holland to arrest and bring to justice all those who are insulting Islam," one of the organisers said.

We'll get right on it.

/sarc
Posted by: Free Radical   2008-03-09 06:28  

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