News from Denmark: Update.

Mogens Lykketoft (the Grand Old Man of Denmarks Social Democrat Party) has come out strongly in favour of a possible deployment of Danish troops in South Lebanon. He brushes aside Defence Minister Søren Gade's justifications against such a deployment by pointing out Denmark could simply move its troops out of Iraq to ease its international forces and allow the deployment of peace keepers to Lebanon.
"We could recognize that we're not doing anything useful in Iraq anyway" he is quoted as saying at Jyllands Posten "and we could pull out of Iraq just as the other countries of Europe have done".

It should be noted that Denmark has already told the UN it will send forces to Darfur if asked.

Military hard pressed to send troops to Lebanon

Another news story on DR nyheder describes how a Danish UN observer, already stationed in South Lebanon, saved the life of a colleague who had been hit by incoming fire. Apparently Denmark has two men stationed with UNIFIL as 'unarmed observers'.

Whats odd about this story is its the first I've heard of the UN coming under fire in the region. The article does not say who fired at the UN, but does say that the UN outpost involved in the incident was in a region previously hit by 'Israeli rocket fire'.

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Ahmed Akari is in the news again. Akari is one of the Danish imams whose exploits in the Middle East contributed to the flames of the Mo'toons affair being fanned so heavily. Along with Abu Laban, Akari went on a trip to the Middle East to spread the word of 'Danish Islamophobia', and with him he had the 12 drawings which started the whole mess, and three other images which he claimed had been sent to Muslims in Denmark as insults. Akari was also caught on hidden camera making death threats against MP Naser Khader, though he later claimed to be joking.
Since then Akari had left Denmark, claiming the country was biased against him. he fled to Lebanon where his actions had helped raise the anger enough for the Danish embassy to be burned by angry Muslims. Now he has returned, fleeing Lebanon, back to Denmark.

"I know some people are not happy to see me back in Denmark" Akari has said, "But I am of the opinion that even if people are in deep disagreement, one ought to be able to live together and show tolerance and foregiveness".

moif: No doubt the irony of his own words is totally lost on him.

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There was a bomb scare in Copenhagen today when a man with a rucksack was seen fiddling about with what appeared to be a bomb, outside the US embassy. The police were immedietely called, the area was cordoned off, bomb dogs sent in and the man was detained.
In the mans bag was found numerous items, a knife, batteries and a clock, all taped together, but no actual bomb. It appears the man was 'slightly confused' and has been whisked away for interogation.