Gunmen shut EU Gaza office over cartoons (CNN not showing out of respect)

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/02/gaza.cartoon/index.html

Thursday, February 2, 2006; Posted: 8:28 p.m. EST (01:28 GMT)
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Gunmen shut EU Gaza office over cartoons
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Editors in Jordan, France fired for reprinting Mohammad spoofs
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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinian gunmen Thursday shut down the European Union's office in Gaza City, demanding an apology for German, French and Norwegian newspapers reprinting cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammad, Palestinian security sources said.

The gunmen left a notice on the EU office's door that the building would remain closed until Europeans apologize to Muslims, many of whom consider the cartoons offensive.

Muslims consider it sacrilegious to produce a likeness of the Prophet Mohammad. CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam.

Masked members of the militant groups Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian's former ruling party, Fatah, fired bullets into the air, and a man read the group's demands. (Masked gunmen demand an apology)

Palestinian officials said the gunmen were threatening to kidnap European workers if the European Union did not apologize.

more: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/02/gaza.cartoon/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/02/gaza.cartoon/index.html

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1. the terrorists have won, pat robertson must be happy now nt