The Cartoon War: Egyptian paper published the cartoons in October 2005
Another indication that The Cartoon War is information warfare.
The Solomonia blog hears from the Egyptian blogger who writes at Rantings of a Sandmonkey.
Read the note Solomonia posts and follow the link on the page to Rantings of a Sandmonkey. Or click here.
The cartoons seemed familiar to our Egyptian blogger.
…they were actually printed in the Egyptian Newspaper Al Fagr back in October 2005. I repeat, October 2005, during Ramadan, for all the egyptian muslim population to see, and not a single squeak of outrage was present. Al Fagr isn’t a small newspaper either: it has respectable circulation in Egypt…
Read the whole thing. No, I can’t confirm this with a second source, but decide for yourself. The scan shows the front page of the paper. Seems a lot of Egyptians weren’t too perturbed by the cartoons. Syria and Iran benefit from the turmoil; and so does Al Qaeda.
The Cartoon War: Egyptian paper published the cartoons in October 2005 Courtesy of Austin Bay: Another indication that The Cartoon War is information warfare. The Solomonia blog hears from the Egyptian blogger who writes at Rantings of a Sandmonkey. Read the note Solomonia posts and follow the link on the page to Rant…
Trackback by NoisyRoom.net — 2/8/2006 @ 6:03 pm
I guess the riots had to wait till the religious holiday was over.
Comment by Marvin — 2/9/2006 @ 6:35 am
The Danish ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Bjarne Sørensen, confirms that the cartoons were indeed printed as Sandmonkey claims. See the website of national Danish radio here: http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Udland/2006/02/09/172852.htm - sorry, it’s in Danish…
Comment by Gregory Greenhat — 2/12/2006 @ 2:21 pm