Saturday, April 01, 2006

CARTOON WAR HEATS UP

AUSTRALIAN CARTOONIST FIRES BACK AT INDONESIAN "OUTRAGE"


The Australian newspaper has fired back at Indonesia over last week's front page cartoon in one of Indonesia's biggest selling newspapers that showed the Australian Prime Minister mounting the Australian Foreign Minister from behind - go here for that image and background story.

Today The Australian's cartoonist Bill Leak published the above cartoon showing the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono sodomising a West Papuan native.

Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer called the cartoon "offensive" and "tasteless" and quickly tried to remove himself from the controversy. Good Luck, Alex!

Go here for the full story.

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