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Meanwhile, a weekly newspaper inspires a major Western country to close its embassies in about 20 countries:

Reuters: Magazine’s nude Mohammad cartoons prompt France to shut embassies, schools in 20 countries

If "wagging the dog" is when a government uses falsehood and spin to make its citizenry believe what it wants them to, what's a/tthe term for when a small element of a country forces the government to take unusual action in response to (but not toward) actions by said element?

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