THE ZIONIST DANIEL PIPES SPEAKS ON THE DANISH CARTOON CRISIS
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The Hidden Hand Blames the Victims
Daniel Pipes, the rabid Jewish Zionist whose father came to US from Poland, blames the Muslims on CNN for protesting the inflammatory anti-Muslim cartoons commissioned by his Danish friend Flemming Rose.
From Transcript of CNN’s Lou Dobbs show of Feb. 6, 2006:
PILGRIM (voice over): Tens of thousands of Muslims around the world took to the streets. Danish embassies torched and flags burned -- Syria, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran. The White House today speaking out.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We condemn the acts of violence that have taken place. There simply is no justification to engage in violence.
PILGRIM: But only a smattering of moderate Muslims have spoken out against the violence.
HAMID KARZAI, PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN: I, as a Muslim, feel very much offended, but I would -- would ask my fellow Muslims around the world, the Prophet Mohammed is much greater a profit to be incensed (ph) by these cartoons. And we as Muslims, got instructs us to forgive.
PILGRIM: Forgiveness is not the order of the day. And some clerics have even tried to capitalize on the turmoil. Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes says many of the protesters were not originally aware of the cartoons until radical clerics circulated them.
DANIEL PIPES, MIDDLE EAST FORUM: The most dramatic example is that of a Danish cleric by the name of Abu Laban (ph) who incited public opinion by showing these cartoons around. So, yes, it is a vehicle for some extremists to rally their people and become more agitatedly anti-Western.
PILGRIM: Today the U.S. government complained some countries are also ignoring the violence. For example, the embassies of Norway and Denmark were burned in Damascus.
SEAN MCCORMACK, STATE DEPT. SPOKESMAN: This here is a country where protests don't just occur spontaneously, certainly not of this sort with -- not without the knowledge and support of the government.
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PILGRIM: Now, Middle East analysts point out the time lag between when the cartoons were originally published and this round of violence. The cartoons appeared in a Danish newspaper back in September and were reprinted in a Norwegian paper in January. Now, that time lag, to many, suggests that they are hoping to keep the cartoon in the headlines for their own political reasons.
