Tuesday, January 31, 2006
It's like being invaded by the Three Stooges
Egyptians are so offended by the cartoons of Mohammed that Egypt refuses to take money from Denmark; but not to be outdone, Saudi Arabians are refusing to take insulin. Boy, that'll show those Danes.
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The Egyptian parliament's Economic Committee refused to discuss a $72.5 million loan from Denmark to Egypt, with newspapers quoting lawmakers as saying they do not want to cooperate with a country that has insulted the prophet.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_prophet_drawings_5
Hardest hit by the boycott was Danish-Swedish dairy product maker Arla Foods, with annual sales of $487 million in the Middle East. The world's biggest maker of insulin, Novo Nordisk, also said it was affected.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3688AD34-7D10-4CBC-8460-40C60A0A869B.htm
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Hahahaha these are great Dag!
Thanks to those who sent things in. There are more to come. I'm not always identifying contributors for obvious reasons. Me? I must be bullet proof or stupid.
Yeah, I'm bullet proof. That's it.
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