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| Denmark: Arrests in cartoonist plot |
| 2008-02-12 |
| Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked a deadly uproar in the Muslim world two years ago. The arrests were made in pre-dawn raids in Aarhus, western Denmark, "to prevent a terror-related murder," the police intelligence agency said. It did not say how many people were arrested nor did it mention which cartoonist was targeted. However, according to Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published the drawings on Sept. 30, 2005, the suspects were planning to kill its cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. It said those arrested included both Danish and foreign citizens. "There were very concrete murder plans against Kurt Westergaard," said Carsten Juste, the paper's editor-in-chief. The cartoons were later reprinted by a range of Western publications, and they sparked deadly protests in parts of the Muslim world. Westergaard, 73, and his wife Gitte, 66, had been living under police protection because of the murder plans, Jyllands-Posten reported. "Of course I fear for my life when the police intelligence service say that some people have concrete plans to kill me. But I have turned fear into anger and resentment," Westergaard said in a statement published on Jyllands-Posten's Web site. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #11 The best thing about this entire episode is that Denmark's major newspapers are going to re-print the "offending cartoon", that this person drew; the one with M with a bomb in his turban. Well done, Danes. You're sacking up. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2008-02-12 23:22 |
| #10 Denmark: Arrests in cartoonist plot make em all wear Mohammad Billboards while they await conviction and are sentenced to Polar Bear Nation without a paddle. /Joe w/o the caps and repeats ~:) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-12 17:26 |
| #9 And the odds that we will see this on the news tonight? |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-02-12 12:31 |
| #8 Had some inspiration - get a rock, put a set of those bubble-eyes on it, then some of these legs from the chomping mouth wind up toy. Crank it up and let that baby bang its head around the desk. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-02-12 11:19 |
| #7 Hope Danes will "throw the book" at them. And I've just the book. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-02-12 09:33 |
| #6 Not to worry. I have no doubt the police officers involved will be properly punished. |
| Posted by: Kelly 2008-02-12 09:15 |
| #5 It steals the soul. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-12 08:58 |
| #4 Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet, even favorable, for fear it could lead to idolatry. Not smart enough to understand that the picture of a thing is not actually that thing? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-02-12 08:50 |
| #3 Or the silver vulva the meteor rock rests in and which the hajjis try desperately to get their hands into. Way too Freudian. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-12 08:10 |
| #2 Don't forget about that stupid rock thingy! |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-02-12 07:57 |
| #1 "for fear it could lead to idolatry." Seems to me with all their worship of every 'perfect' word and act of Mohammed they are already idolotrous, even without a physical depiction. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-02-12 07:19 |