Teribus - Oh, I believe that the people who rioted were manipulated but I don't think the other side is blameless, either. Please read my post Feb. 05 at 2:58 AM.

What concerns me is this (from the link above), "The cartoons appear in print September 30 2006. They are immediately met with outrage from Muslims in Denmark and even gets noticed outside Denmark.

On the 19th of October ambassadors from 11 Muslim countries requests a meeting with the Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, hoping to get an official condemnation of the newspapers publication of the drawings. Rather than meeting with the ambassadors to explain the principles of a free press and free speech, the prime minister refuses to meet with the ambassadors at all."

You say, "He has already stated that he regrets that it happened but that there is nothing he can do because the Press/Media in Denmark is free to report and publish what it wants."

I haven't read this anywhere. Can you please site a source or are you putting words in the mouth of the Danish PM? I certainly hope he regrets it! I'd also like to know why the publisher thought that publishing 12 cartoons that degraded the Muslim faith, wouldn't cause an uproar.

There is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to manipulation.