FLEMMING ROSE SPEAKS

The editor of Jyllands-Posten, Flemming Rose, who decided to publish the 12 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has been given the opportunity to give his point of view in The Washington Post.

For Rose's article go to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021702499.html

Rose talks at length of the right to free speech.

However, Rose does not address the allegation made against him that he has Zionist connections through Daniel Pipes.

Rose indirectly blames the imams who saw the publication of the cartoons as an attack on Islam and went on a tour of the Middle East, adding their own cartoons into the mix. Yes, they are equally as guilty as Rose.

But, Flemming, who gave them the ammunition?

Rose states;
I agree that the freedom to publish things doesn't mean you publish everything. Jyllands-Posten would not publish pornographic images or graphic details of dead bodies; swear words rarely make it into our pages. So we are not fundamentalists in our support for freedom of expression.

So the question remains, why did he decide to break this "taboo" and not the pornographic taboo, or the dead bodies taboo?

I understand, as published here a week or so ago, that the publication of the cartoons was just one of a series of provocations to the Islamic community in Denmark. The World Socialist Website reported;
Shortly before the publication of the Muhammad cartoons, Jyllands-Posten ran a headline reading, “Islam is the Most Belligerent.” The newspaper ran an exposé about an alleged Muslim death-list of Jewish names—until it emerged that the whole thing was a fabrication...When the anticipated reaction by the Muslim community failed to arise [after the publication of the cartoons], the newspaper continued its campaign, determined to create a full-scale scandal. After a week had gone by without protest, journalists turned on Danish Islamic religious leaders who were well known for their fundamentalist views and demanded: “Why don’t you protest?” Eventually, the latter reacted and alerted their co-thinkers in the Middle East.

The Washington Post is associated with the Graham family.

Katharine Graham ran the WP from 1993 to 2001, when she died.
Her son Donald Graham now runs the WP.

Katharine was a regular attendee to Bilderberg meetings.
Donald attended in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005.

And when Donald didn't attend in 2002 Jim Hoagland, the WP's associate editor attended and no doubt reported back to his master what was agreed (for no notes are taken at these meetings).