Yeah, Me too I feel like killing someone over an editorial cartoon; doesn’t that use of shading just infuriate you? Note to Islamic murdering douchebags: if Allah is that powerful, he can kill whomever he wants and he sure doesn’t need you to help him.
Danish cartoons ‘plotters’ held
Danish police have arrested three people suspected of planning to attack a cartoonist who drew caricatures satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
Denmark’s intelligence agency said the arrests were made in the western Aarhus region at 0330 GMT “to prevent a murder linked to terrorism”.
Two of the suspects are Tunisian and the third is a Dane of Moroccan origin.
The pictures in Denmark’s biggest daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked deadly worldwide protests.
The Danish citizen will be released pending further investigation, while the Tunisians will be held until they are expelled from the country, said the Danish intelligence agency PET.
Earlier reports said five people had been arrested.
‘Concrete plans’
The intelligence agency said the detentions were made “after lengthy surveillance”.
It did not identify the target of the alleged plot, but the online edition of Jyllands-Posten said its cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, was the focus.
The newspaper, based in Aarhus, said Mr Westergaard, 73, and his 66-year-old wife, Gitte, had been under police protection for the past three months.
In a statement on Jyllands-Posten’s website, Mr Westergaard said: “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.”
well, lets see what happens tomorrow, since 3 of the papers are going to reprint and run the cartoon, to show that you can’t scare away the right to discuss and to speak your mind
I’d like to see newspapers all over the western world reprint them in a show of solidarity. Freedom of the press is one of the pillars of western democracy - if anyone doesn’t like it they are free to move to a country that practices censorship.
Yes, those people who are offended here in Denmark and wants to force our press to obey their laws - GET OUT - I like foreigners coming to Denmark.
When you arrive to a country you have to follow the laws of this country. Just like if I moved to a muslim country - I would have to obey the laws on that country.
You CANNOT come to Denmark and then think you they will obey your ‘laws’. Thats why we are called a democracy - and its funny those foreigners actually come to Denmark rather than wanting to stay in your own country!
Obey the laws or we’ll throw you out of our country - we have seperated religion and Government for a purpose. Thats one of the reasons why we have such a rich society in the western world!!!