Afghanistan owes me a new irony meter
Friday, March 21st, 2008Reuters: Afghans chant death to Danish, Dutch in protest
Protesters gathered around a mosque in the west of the Afghan capital after Friday prayers chanting “death to Denmark”, “death to the Netherlands, “death to America” and “death to Jews”.
Huh? How did the Jews get into this? Is that just the “angry Muslim” standby chant for when they run out of material?
Demonstrators burned Danish and Dutch flags and also an effigy of Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders, who is due to release a film thought to be critical of the Koran later this month. Wilders has given few details of the film, but in the past he has called Islam’s holy text a “fascist” book that “incites violence”.
One unidentified speaker addressing the angry crowd through a megaphone from the back of a truck said the Afghan government should expel Danish and Dutch troops and close their embassies within two days or “we will take action”.
*BOOM!*
Oh, don’t worry, that was just my irony meter. They haven’t blown up any embassies yet.
