Danish Cartoons Controversy, Part II

Today's update on a revival of political turmoil following the October Internet video upload of young people related to a Danish political party making cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed.

* Western news sources get a hold of this week's violence and political statements, putting things in a slightly less frightening context, such as how the protest at the Danish embassy in Tehran unfolded. Less scary than this headline, for instance.

* In fact, the embassy seems to be functioning normally.

* Danish muslim leaders decry a cartoon in a magazine and/or a web site owned by the same political party running the camp where the offending videos of cartoon-making were made.

* I'm sorry if anyone's head exploded trying to read that last sentence. Or the first one.

* A decent summary of attempts to politically negotiate the recent firestorm.

* The Copenhagen Post reports that hackers have hit various media and government sites in protest.

* If you're interested, these are the folks that are claiming responsibility for uploading the videos of the cartoons being made. It's weird to read this whole thing put out there as a failure of branding, but, you know, welcome to the 21st Century.
 
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