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Swedish Police Hide Threatened Cartoonist
The Washington Post ^
| September 18, 2007
| Louise Nordstrom
Posted on 09/18/2007 9:48:20 PM PDT by neverdem
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 17 -- A Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Monday that police have taken him to a secret location and told him he cannot return home because of a death threat from insurgents in Iraq.
Lars Vilks, who was whisked away by police when he returned to Sweden from Germany on Sunday, said authorities have described the threats against him as "very serious."
"Police guard was nonexistent before this. It's 100 percent now," Vilks said in a telephone interview. "I can't live in my home."
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni insurgent umbrella organization believed to have been created by al-Qaeda in Iraq, offered $100,000 over the weekend for Vilks's murder. Al-Baghdadi said the bounty would be upped to $150,000 if Vilks was "slaughtered like a lamb," and he offered $50,000 for the killing of the editor of a newspaper that reprinted the cartoon last month after Swedish art galleries refused to exhibit it.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: cartoon; eurabia; jihadineurope; larsvilks; sweden
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:48:22 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
I suppose the guy has my sympathy, but if I were a cartoonist, I’m not sure I would draw and seek to publicise a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog. What kind of reaction was he expecting?
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:51:23 PM PDT
by
MittFan08
(Anybody but McCain)
To: neverdem
~~~ALLAH~~~ALLAH~~~FUBAR~~~
What Do I Win ??...;0)
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posted on
09/18/2007 9:59:31 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: neverdem
Bad cartoonist. How dare he deface the body of a dog.
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posted on
09/18/2007 10:38:04 PM PDT
by
rmlew
(Build a wall, attrit the illegals, end the anchor babies, Americanize Immigrants)
To: neverdem
Any mention if the Swedish police are trying to track down the threateners instead of hiding the guy who is within is rights?
5
posted on
09/18/2007 10:48:27 PM PDT
by
Roy Tucker
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality"--Ayn Rand)
To: MittFan08
I think there should be cartoons of Mohammed in every paper, every day, all over the formerly Free World.
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posted on
09/18/2007 10:52:16 PM PDT
by
karnage
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/18/2007 10:56:58 PM PDT
by
JeepInMazar
(http://www.truthformuslims.com)
To: JeepInMazar
8
posted on
09/18/2007 11:21:52 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: MittFan08
I suppose the guy has my sympathy, but if I were a cartoonist, Im not sure I would draw and seek to publicise a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog. What kind of reaction was he expecting?
To distort Pastor Martin Niemöller's
famous quotation:
First, they came for the cartoonists, but I said nothing, because I am not a cartoonist.
...
When they came for me, there was nobody left to say anything.
I don't think it matters whether he drew that prophet with the body of a dog or anything else. What matters is that he is within his rights to do so.
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posted on
09/18/2007 11:28:09 PM PDT
by
Toliy
To: neverdem
What a strange and alien world, Islam, where a person can be killed for drawing a cartoon.
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
What Do I Win ??...;0)
A more colorful, more insulting picture....:-)
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posted on
09/19/2007 3:42:45 AM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.)
To: justa-hairyape
...where a person can be killed for drawing a cartoon.To muslims, an infidel is not a person.
To: neverdem; MittFan08; karnage; Sarajevo
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posted on
09/19/2007 3:57:25 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: sam_paine
That’s probably a good likeness; he certainly has the feet correct.
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posted on
09/19/2007 8:22:46 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: justa-hairyape
To be that fearful or upset with a cartoon...a religion really has hit rock bottom. I doubt that they can ever be trusted in any manner.
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/19/2007 4:44:59 PM PDT
by
expatguy
(Support Conservative Blogging - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
To: pepsionice
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posted on
09/19/2007 4:46:20 PM PDT
by
expatguy
(Support Conservative Blogging - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
To: Sarajevo
BWAhahahahaha...Funi Dat...;0)
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posted on
09/19/2007 5:11:12 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: neverdem; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
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posted on
09/19/2007 9:53:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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