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February 12, 2006

Zionist Hostages?

The cartoon Jihad is Israel's fault (and the U.S. must pay!):

Iran's hard-line president [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] accused the United States and Europe on Saturday of being "hostages of Zionism" and said they should pay a heavy price for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have triggered worldwide protests.

... Saudi Arabia's top cleric said in a Friday sermon it is too late for apologies and that those responsible for the drawings should be put on trial and punished.

... In a speech marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on Saturday, Ahmadinejad linked his public rage with Israel and the cartoons satirizing Islam's most revered figure.

"I ask everybody in the world not to let a group of Zionists who failed in Palestine (referring to the recent Hamas victory in Palestinian elections) to insult the prophet," he said.

"Now in the West insulting the prophet is allowed, but questioning the Holocaust is considered a crime," he said.

"We ask, why do you insult the prophet? The response is that it is a matter of freedom, while in fact they (who insult the founder of Islam) are hostages of the Zionists. And the people of the U.S. and Europe should pay a heavy price for becoming hostages to Zionists."

Is there any doubt why Ahmadinejad, the paranoid conspiracy oriented leader of Iran, is pursuing nuclear weapons with a vengence?

Note: Cartoon above by Daryl Cagle