> "Paulf Foley" <paulfxfoley@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:13uslreot3tvnba@corp.supernews.com...
>> www.liveleak.com/view?i=30a_1204991129
>
> 'Fitna' pulled from Web
> By Ab Zagt
>
> March 28, 2008
>
> RELATED: Muslim nations condemn film
> Anti-Koran film goes live on Web
>
> AMSTERDAM -- The controversial anti-Muslim film by Dutch right-wing
> politician Geert Wilders has been removed from the Web by its British
> Internet provider, which said its employees have been seriously
> threatened.
>
> "Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature and some
> ill-informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could
> directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, LiveLeak.com has been left
> with no other choice but to remove 'Fitna' from our servers," the company
> said.
>
> The 15-minute short film was posted Thursday and taken down Friday and had
> been seen by some 3 million people. In the film, presented in Dutch- and
> English-language versions, Wilders claims that the Koran provokes
> violence, using Sept. 11, the attacks in Madrid and London and the murder
> of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh as examples.
>
> In the Netherlands, most local Muslim organizations appeared not to take
> the Wilders project seriously. There was no disturbances of the kind that
> occurred three years ago following the murder of van Gogh.
>
> Meanwhile, Wilders can expect some copyright charges from Dutch media,
> whose material was used in "Fitna" without permission. Also, the infamous
> Danish cartoon of the prophet Muhammed being hit by a bomb was used
> without approval.
>
> Wilders made another mistake. When trying to show the murderer of van
> Gogh, he instead showed a local rap artist, Salah Edin.