Friday, 5 February 2016

THROWBACKTHISDAY, FEB 5; The Danish embassy in Beirut is burnt

                              


On Thisday Feb. 5th, 2006 Demonstrators in Beirut have set fire to the Danish embassy as a protest against the publication of cartoons that depict the Prophet Mohammed.
Numerous Lebanese attend a rally, and clashes break out with the security forces that are sent to protect the compound. Lebanese leaders condemn the attack, and the Interior Minister announces his resignation. This comes a day after mobs in Syria have torched the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 10 years and TBT Blog remembers.

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