Should Prove Interesting

Reuters on Saturday published an article about Syrians setting fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies in protests over cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.

Mentioned in a couple small paragraphs, we see what Iran may bring to the table in this controversy.

Oil giant Iran, already embroiled in a dispute with the West over its nuclear program, said it was reviewing trade ties with countries that have published such caricatures.

The cartoons are easy to find on various blogs by Americans. Perhaps a US newspaper has published the cartoons, but I found no evidence via Google. Editor&Publisher says some newspapers have included links to the cartoons on the Web.

In Googling about the cartoons, I ran into this AP alert in the Gaineville Sun. This too should prove interesting.

State TV says Iran's president has ordered the resumption of uranium enrichment and the end of snap nuclear inspections.

Update: It appears that with any luck shrub will blow off the US's supply of Venezuelan oil. This just keeps getting better. Seems I remember someone in the administration lamenting the fact we don't have enough oil refineries. This may be a way to get some quite easily. Big oil never loses do they?

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned on Saturday he could shut his government's U.S.-based refineries and sell oil to nations other than the United States if Washington decided to cut diplomatic ties, as relations between the two countries continue to worsen.