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I have asked him/her to crosspost here, but another American has a great diary on dKos (The Cartoons: A Manufactured Controversy? (Illustrated)) with information that suggests that the Danish muslims that toured the Middle East added 3 REALLY offensive cartoons (you can find them linked to in the above diary, and in the 3 links below) to those prepared for JP.

http://ekstrabladet.dk/grafik/nettet/tegninger40.jpg
http://ekstrabladet.dk/grafik/nettet/tegninger38.jpg
http://ekstrabladet.dk/grafik/nettet/tegninger39.jpg

The source is the Gateway Pundit, but as it quotes only people like Michelle Malkin, the Belmont Club and other well-known hard right types, I don't know what to make of it. The Brussels Journal has more detail, but it is also a hard right site.

Any additional info (especially analysis of this: http://www.ekstrabladet.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=329877) would be helpful.

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 06:42:21 AM EST
Not an analysis, but here's a quick translation of the Ekstra Bladet article:


Showed Pedophile Mohamed

Imams toured the Middle East with far more provoking images than Jyllands-Posten's drawings. See the documentation here

By Allan Larsen and Kåre Quist - 9:55 - 12. jan, 2006
When a group of Danish imams recently toured all around the Middle East to gather support for their criticism of the much debated Mohamed-illustrations in Jyllands-Posten and of prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the drawings was apparently not provoking enough for the purpose.

Ekstra Bladet can now document, that the delegation also brought pictures and drawings, that among other things show the prophet Mohamed depicted as both pedophile and equipped with a pigs snout - and there is also one controversial picture of a praying Muslim, who is being raped analy by a dog.

But that is gross manipulation and draws a completely wrong image of the ordinary Dane's attitude towards Muslims, responds the critique now from both left and right in the political landscape.

43 pages of documentation
Ekstra Bladet has gained possession of the provoking material, the delegation toured the Middle East with. You can see the documentation by clicking the links underneath.

In today's edition of Ekstra Bladet you can read Kasem Ahmads explanation of, why it was necessary to bring the provoking pictures.

Ekstra Bladet is one of the two large Danish tabloids. Like most tabloids they are always on the lookout for a good scandal or a striking front page, sometimes even when the source material might need a little shine up for dramatic effect. I wouldn't put too much trust in this newspaper, although I would rate it far above, f.ex., most English tabloids in reliability. I'll check if there are coverage of this story in the more trustworthy Danish media.

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by BobFunk (bobfunk@clanwhiskey.net) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 08:15:36 AM EST
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Well this will insure the backlash against euro Muslims is bigger
by observer393 on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 09:00:30 AM EST
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Thanks BobFunk !

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by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 11:46:31 AM EST
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Thanks, Jerome for the links.  You can read some information out of them though, even if they are rightwing sources, you just have to be very careful in not buying into their superfluous noise and their obscured conclusions.

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by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 11:45:07 AM EST
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