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Thousands Riot in Pakistan Over CartoonsPosted on Feb 15, 2006Some key developments Tuesday in the prophet drawings controversy: * Thousands of protesters rampage through two cities in Pakistan, storming into a diplomatic district and torching Western businesses and a provincial assembly in the country’s worst violence against the prophet drawings. At least two people are killed and 11 injured.
* The provincial council in the Iraqi city of Basra demands the withdrawal of Denmark’s 530-member military contingent from southern
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