Rice: Iran, Syria Behind Cartoon Riots
Meanwhile, Bush Calls For An End To Protests Of Muhammad Drawings
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Play CBS Video Video Deadly Protest Over Cartoon Protests over a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad turn deadly outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. As Aleen Sirgany reports, President Bush is appealing to Muslim leaders for calm.
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Video Bush: Stop Cartoon Riots CBS News RAW: In a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, President Bush called for an end to worldwide violence and riots, especially in Arab states, over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Video Cartoon Backlash In Syria CBS News RAW: Hundreds of outraged Syrian demonstrators stormed the Norwegian embassy, setting fire to the building in protest of offensive caricatures of Muhammad, Islam's prophet.
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United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, right, meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. (AP)
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President Bush, right, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, in the Oval Office at the White House. (AP)
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Afghan protesters burn a Danish national flag during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. (AP)
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Fire burns at a window of the Norwegian Embassy, started with a firebomb thrown by an Iranian protester, in a protest against drawings of Islam's Prophet Muhammad published in European newspapers in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. (AP)
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Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen responds to a question at a press conference Tuesday Feb. 7, 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP)
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During a news conference at the State Department with Israel's foreign minister, Rice said she has "no doubt" that Tehran and Damascus have "gone out of their way to inflame sentiments." "The world ought to call them on it," Rice said.
"Nothing justifies the violence that has broken out." Rice said this is a time when everyone should urge calm "and should urge that there is an atmosphere of respect and understanding."
CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports U.S. officials are continuing to examine if there's a pattern of global incitement.
"Other countries are having the same demonstrations, same problems, very violent demonstrations, starting peaceful, turning violent," Col. James Yonts said.
As protests grow worldwide, President Bush also called for an end to violent demonstrations.
"We reject violence as a way to express discontent with what may be printed in a free press," Mr. Bush said.
"I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence, to be respectful, to protect property, protect the lives of innocent diplomats who are serving their countries overseas," the president said.
Mr. Bush also said that Americans believe in a free press, and added, "With freedom comes the responsibility to be thoughtful about others." He made his comments after a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan.
"With all respect to press freedoms, obviously anything that vilifies the Prophet Muhammad ... or attacks Muslim sensibilities, I believe, needs to be condemned," the king said.
He went on to say that those who want to protest "should do it thoughtfully, articulately, express their views peacefully."
Hundreds rioted outside the U.S. military base in the southern city of Qalat on Wednesday, throwing rocks at Afghan police. Police tried to clear the crowd by firing shots in the air, then were forced to fire into the crowd, said Ghulam Nabi Malakhail, the provincial police chief.
The Afghan protests have involved armed men and have been directed at foreign and Afghan government targets, fueling the suspicions there's more behind the unrest than religious sensitivities.
"You have a combination of legitimate and deeply foul religious objection with political opportunism and part of this growing problem between the western world and Islamic world," Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said on CBS News' The Early Show.
But Yonts stressed they had no evidence to support suggestions that al Qaeda or Taliban are linked to the riots in Afghanistan.
Four people were killed and at least 20 were wounded, officials said.
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