The Desert Mermaid

While I think Terry Jones is a complete and utter asstoque, I also think these demonstrations have been building for a really long time in Kandahar. I'm sure for some of these people, Jones' idiocy was just the straw that broke the camel's back - but I've got no doubt that the Taliban absolutely leapt at the opportunity (built-in justification!) to incite some good old-fashioned violence in an area that the coalition has been trying to build goodwill in for years.