When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson

19 September 2006

Astroturf, not grassroots

As suspected, it was followers of exiled cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed who organized a rally yesterday outside of London's Westminster Cathederal calling for the death penalty for the Pope's blasphemy.

Here is the call for the protest on a password protected internet forum run by Omar Bakri Mohammed from exile in Lebanon where he directs his followers in Britain. Click the image for a larger view.

The Jawa Report: Exiled Muslim Cleric Behind London Protest Calling for Pope's Death

Hat tip: Chapomatic.

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