REAPING WHAT YOU SOW:

Muslim youths attack Jewish war protesters (Kim Willsher, 4/06/03, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Street protests against American and British military action in Iraq have escalated into attacks by Muslim youths on Jewish demonstrators, sparking fears of a new wave of anti-Semitism across France.

The French government was forced to appeal for calm after protesters, some of them carrying pictures of Saddam Hussein, burned the Israeli flag and turned on Jewish students, attacking one of them with an iron bar, during a series of antiwar rallies.

Officials fear that antiwar sentiment, supported by President Jacques Chirac, may be running out of control and could ignite widespread violence. Banners at recent demonstrations have shown the Star of David intertwined with a Nazi swastika, while protesters shouted: "Vive Chirac. Stop the Jews."

Gosh, who'da thunk that acting objectively pro-Saddam would convince people that you are? Posted by Orrin Judd at April 6, 2003 12:54 PM