'Fresh protests against newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed erupted across Afghanistan Monday, with three demonstrators killed and up to 20 wounded in gunfire, officials said.
Protestors also threw stones at the Danish, British and French embassies and the United Nations head office in the capital Kabul and smashed car windows.
The worst violence was outside the main US military base in Afghanistan, 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Kabul, where two demonstrators were killed and 13 wounded in gunfire from within the crowd of about 5,000, Bagram district chief Kabir Ahmad said.'
I thought that the following provides telling insight into the mindset of those at the protest:
One banner read: "We cannot tolerate any insult to our religion."
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Some shouted, "Freedom of speech does not mean you can say or draw whatever you want... the enemies want to destroy Islam, we are ready to die for Mohammed and for Islam".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060207...diaafghanistan