Line Between Fashion and Politics

Where some see fashion, others see politics! New York times recently did an article about the line that was crossed between fashion and politics.
Urban Outfitters was blasted on a blog for selling kaffiyehs (kuh-FEE-yeh), once a trademark headwear of Yasir Arafat, and long associated with his Palestinian countrymen as a political symbol. But I believe that selling the kaffiyehs would be fine, but Urban Outfitters took it a step farther and called this fashionable accessorie "anti-war woven scarf."
The same day this blog was posted Urban Outfitters pulled them from stores. It's Web site posted this explanation "Due to the sensitive nature of this item, we will no longer offer it for sale. We apologize if we offended anyone, this was by no means our intention."
Many wearers have not considered the kaffiyeh's political import. Perhaps what they were trying to express with these scarfs is the country's political mood.
If an older generation of Arabs still wears it as utilitarian headwear, the younger generation in the Middle East may wear it expressly to show support of the Palestinian cause.
I believe that the marketing of these scarfs would have been fine, since scarfs are in high demand this fall season. But Urban Outfitters took it too far by calling it an "anit-war wooven scarf." What do you think?