The seething and screaming and torching continues to spread, as a Muslim mob attacks the Danish embassy in Beirut: Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze.

(CNN) — Islamic anger over newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed continues to spread internationally, with thousands of protesters rallying while some of their number torched the Danish consulate in Beirut.

Wielding sticks and stones, the demonstrators ransacked the building on Sunday, smashing its windows.

Initially, the army did not appear to be in control, but later deployed hundreds of troops in army personnel carriers to restore order. Police also fired tear gas to break up the protesters outside the embassy.

Sunday’s demonstrations came a day after Muslims in the Syrian capital Damascus torched the Norwegian and Danish embassies.

No staff were hurt, but governments of both countries advised their citizens to leave Syria. After the demonstrations broke out in Beirut Sunday, the Danish Foreign Ministry also recommended that Danes leave Lebanon.

Newspapers in Denmark, Norway and several other countries have published images of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, which is banned by Islamic law.

Thousands of angry Muslims also protested in other cities around the world, including Islamabad, Pakistan; Baghdad, Iraq; Khartoum, Sudan; Jakarta, Indonesia; and the Palestinian territories.

This is just disgusting:

Iraq’s transportation ministry, meanwhile, announced it will cut all ties with Denmark and Norway over the cartoons, the director of the ministry’s office said Sunday.

And as with every article they’ve published on the subject, CNN begs the rampaging Muslims not to punish them:

CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam.