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Sudan Preventing Reporters From Conveying True Extent Of Teddy Bear Riots

And the outbreak of total batshit craziness shows no signs of abating:

Crazy
Very, Very Crazy

How batshit crazy are they? Tough to say with reporters being removed from the areas of the demonstrations:

On Friday hundreds of angry protesters, some waving ceremonial swords from trucks equipped with loud speakers, gathered outside the presidential palace to denounce Gibbons - some calling for her execution. The demonstrators swore to fight in the name of their prophet. The palace is on the same street as Unity High School, where Gibbons taught grade school students. Those who named the bear were 7 years old. A heavy police presence was maintained outside the school, but no demonstrators were there. Armed with swords and sticks, the protesters shouted: "By soul, by blood, I will fight for the Prophet Mohammed. Western journalists who attempted to talk to the protesters were ushered away by men in plain clothes.... Leaflets distributed earlier this week by Muslim groups condemned Gibbons as an "infidel" and accused her of "the pollution of children's mentality" by her actions.

Watching fanatics flood the streets day after day screaming for the execution of a schoolteacher, however, is apparently just fine for children's mentality.

For completion's sake, here's a link to a story about a Western journalist and blogger who thinks that the teacher should have been more sensitive to Islamic sensibilities in Sudan. Here's another one.

References:
* Sundanese On The Verge Of Lynching British Schoolteacher, Firebombing School Because Of Dreaded Teddy Bear Of Blasphemy [MR]
* Thousands of Islamic fanatics wielding knives demand jailed teddy bear teacher is executed [Daily Mail]
* UK bid to win Sudan pardon for teacher [CNN]
* ChiTrib Blogger Asks if Sudan Teddy Bear Case Sent 'Fair Message' to Be 'Sensitive' [Newsbusters]
* Video: Whoopi, Sherri wonder — why didn’t the teddy-bear teacher respect Islamic customs? [Hot Air]

Previously:
* Toronto Sun - Previously Unexplored Stupidity As A Justification For Anti-Papal Riots
* The Guardian, For One, Welcomes Our New Islamist Masters (Plus: Karen Anderson Our New Most Hateful Journalist. Today)
* If Britain Won't Stop Radical Islam, Why Should Radical Islam Stop Being Radical?

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