[lbo-talk] Reuters: "US backs Muslims in cartoon dispute"

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Fri Feb 3 13:02:51 PST 2006


B. posted:


> US backs Muslims in cartoon dispute
>
> By Saul Hudson 12 minutes ago
>
> The United States backed Muslims on Friday against European
> newspapers that printed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a
> move that could help America's battered image in the Islamic world.
<snip>
> "We call for tolerance and respect for all communities for their
> religious beliefs and practices," he [State Department spokesman
> Kurtis Cooper] added.

Wow, leave it up to European racists and opportunistic Muslim power elite to make Washington look good and smart for once. :-|

Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://monthlyreview.org> <http://mrzine.org>



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