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Wikileaks document alleges Syrian government role in 2006 cartoon riots, embassy attacks
by Ed Morrissey https://www.legal-project.org/1022/wikileaks-document-alleges-syrian-government-role Excerpt: The latest Wikileaks document from American diplomatic files may not embarrass the US government nearly as much as it might the Assad regime in Syria. In February 2006, enraged Muslims took to the streets of Damascus in protest over the publication of editorial cartoons that depicted Mohammed, and put the Danish and Norwegian embassies to the torch. The newly-released document relayed intelligence back to Washington that not only had the Assad regime condoned the attacks on the embassies, they purposefully incited the riots — and cracked down when the wrong embassy was in danger of attack (via Islam in Europe): Read the complete original version of this item... receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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