UK Home Secretary lies on Danish prime in public meeting

By Hélène Mulholland, the Guardian, Wednesday March 8, 2006

"The British government has accused its Danish counterparts of making "a serious mistake" in the way it handled relations with Muslim countries after the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad.

The home secretary, Charles Clarke, criticised the decision by the Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, to snub a request from 11 Muslim countries for a meeting after the cartoons were published in the Jyllands Posten newspaper in September.

Mr Clarke told a public meeting in Willesden Green - primarily held to discuss law and order issues - that Mr Rasmussen had not even responded to the request."

Mr. Rasmussen did indeed respond to the inacceptable letter from the Ambassadors demanding him to interfere in the constituional rights of the Danish media. Now we're really offended, Mr. Clark, and you know where that leads ....

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