DREADLINE OF THE WEEK
Europeans Press Iran;
Present Cartoon Of Bombs Dropping On Nuclear Facilities
European negotiators, intent on reaching a peaceful agreement with Iran about its nuclear program, resorted to a tactic that has proved to be the most reliable way to elicit a response in much of the Muslim world.
Recalling the extraordinary reaction to Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad and, last week, demonstrations by an Iranian Turkish minority over a cartoon that, they think, portrays them in a bad light, the Europeans opted to incorporate one in their proposal.
When the French representative held up the rather direct cartoon,
The Iranian negotiator sat back, and asked, “Is this cartoon intended to be some sort of hint?“ FULL STORY
