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Special forces soldier's book causes storm in Denmark
The Telegraph ^ | 23 Sep 2009 | Nick Collins

Posted on 09/25/2009 8:29:57 AM PDT by Androcles

A court in Denmark has turned down an appeal by the military to ban the publication of a book by a former special forces soldier. The Danish forces claimed that the book, by Thomas Rathsack, could compromise national security because it describes operations in which he was involved in Afghanistan and Iraq. ....... All major newspapers in Denmark later reproduced the cartoons as a show of defiance after police revealed that they had uncovered a plot to kill one of the cartoonists.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; denmark; uk; usa
Not ideal, but I always cut the Danish media a little more slack than most....
1 posted on 09/25/2009 8:29:58 AM PDT by Androcles
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