Perhaps they published it to inform their readers, a free people in a civilized country, what the story was about. To do so properly requires showing the cartoons. To have self-censored themselves would have been to surrender to the howling islamic savages...something, sadly, so many others are doing.
You know, British newspapers for example decided not to publish it.
"Rzeczpospolita" got widely criticised today in Poland - by the conservative (I mean, very conservative) government, by other media, by Polish Catholic bishops etc.
Some time ago there was a big affair in Poland about an "artist", who created a work of "art" - a huge photo of penis and testicles shaped like a cross.
Lots of people were outraged here, as it was an obvious insult of a Catholic (an Christian in general) faith.
As far as I know - islam doesn't allow any picture of Mohammed. If it is supposed to be a cartoon, a satire - that wiil be surely considered by muslims as a blasphemy.
I don't like, when my faith is insluted.
And I don't like, when the same happens to others.
And I don't like stupid provocations when our soldiers are serving in Iraq.
This stupid move definitely will not make their job easier .