I wonder how much of all this "popular anger" is spontanious. Most Muslim countries are dictatorships, where popular demonstrations are either organised or brutally suppressed. And the weird thing is that these drawings were made months ago, in September 2005.
Now I hate unfounded conspiracy theories ("The Kursk was sunk by the Dallas", "Bush flew the planes into the WTC himself", "Osama Bin Laden is actually defending Islam") but I have the idea that some radical Muslim states like Syria and Iraq could well profit from all this.
Syria desperately needs international support after being castigated for its subversive terror campaqign against progressive Lebanese politicians and journalists. Iraq just got the message that the big 5 nationa voted to bring its breach of the non-proliferation treaty - as established by the International Atomic Enercy Commission - on the agenda of the Security Council.
What better way to drum up support from the - often oil-rich - Muslim nations (and energy depending nations!) but by "defending Islam against the infidels"?
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