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Muhammed cartoonist forced from home
The Star.com ^ | 09/17/07 | The Star.com via AP

Posted on 09/17/2007 3:48:59 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish artist Lars Vilks, under a death threat from al-Qaida over his drawing of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, said Monday that police have increased his security and will not allow him to live in his home.

Vilks, who was whisked away by police when he returned to Sweden from Germany on Sunday, said he was currently staying at a secret address after security police described the threats against him as ``very serious."

"Police guard was nonexistent before this. It's 100 per cent now," he said in a telephone interview. "I can't live in my home, I've only been allowed to pick up some things."

On Saturday, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, put a bounty on Vilks' head for depicting Muhammad's head on a dog's body.

"We are calling for the assassination of cartoonist Lars Vilks who dared insult our prophet ... and we announce a reward during this generous month of Ramadan," al Baghdadi said, according to transcripts of Islamic websites.

The bounty of $100,000 would be upped to $150,000 if Vilks was ``slaughtered like a lamb," the al-Qaida leader said.

He also offered $50,000 for the killing of the chief editor of a local newspaper, Nerikes Allehanda, which on Aug. 19 reprinted Vilks' cartoon.

Sweden's secret police, SAPO, declined to give more details on how it views the threats, but spokesman Jakob Larsson confirmed the organization had called in extra personnel at the weekend to work on the case.

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has called for mutual respect between Muslims, Christians and nonreligious groups in an attempt to avert a wider conflict, in a country which has received more than 18,000 Iraqi refugees during the past year.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: cartoonjihad; censorhip; eurabia; islamisasislamdoes; jihadathome; larsvilks; muhammadcartoons; muhammaddog; muhammaddogcartoons; sweden

1 posted on 09/17/2007 3:49:01 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: MotleyGirl70

coming soon to a city near YOU!!!


2 posted on 09/17/2007 3:50:03 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in Philly and Newark!)
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To: All

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3 posted on 09/17/2007 3:51:25 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: MotleyGirl70

I guess they’d be upset about the time I wiped my read end with the Koran.

It’s terrible toilet paper, being super-saturated with B.S. already, there’s no absorbing ability.


4 posted on 09/17/2007 3:55:26 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: MotleyGirl70

I guess they’d be upset about the time I wiped my rear end with the Koran.

It’s terrible toilet paper, being super-saturated with B.S. already, there’s no absorbing ability.


5 posted on 09/17/2007 3:55:37 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: MotleyGirl70

ESAD terrorist scum.


6 posted on 09/17/2007 3:57:55 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: Cindy; Admin Moderator

Admin Mod, can you delete this thread. I didn’t scroll far enough down when I did my search to see that it had already been posted. Thanks.


7 posted on 09/17/2007 4:01:43 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: MotleyGirl70

They threatened to behead Britney and Madonna—haven’t heard any indignation from Hollywood elites at all!! Now, how can that be?!


8 posted on 09/17/2007 4:01:48 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: MotleyGirl70

Peace loving religion, Huh?

9 posted on 09/17/2007 4:15:55 PM PDT by stratboy
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To: MotleyGirl70
...for depicting Muhammad's head on a dog's body.

Hey! I like it!

10 posted on 09/17/2007 4:31:07 PM PDT by Zman516 (socialists & muslims -- satan's useful idiots.)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Why are we, in the Free World, putting up with this crapola?


11 posted on 09/17/2007 4:31:29 PM PDT by davisfh
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To: MotleyGirl70

Threats and coercion. The Nazis are taking over again.


12 posted on 09/17/2007 4:35:05 PM PDT by popdonnelly (No more no win wars.)
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To: stratboy
I'm speechless every time I see those signs.

Peace loving religion, Huh?

Religion of evil is more like it.

13 posted on 09/17/2007 4:35:51 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: MotleyGirl70
the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, put a bounty on Vilks' head for depicting Muhammad's head on a dog's body

A dog, only a dog? Was I going to risk the Wrath of Allah, I'd put his head on a pig. In for a penny in for a pound. After all, they can only cut your head off once.

But you can shoot bunches and bunches of them before you run out of ammuntion. I've got about 1,500-2000 rounds, which should be good for several hundred at least, maybe more if I get a good hide and shooting position. That's just 7.62x51, .45 ACP and .30 Carbine. oh and a few hundred rounds of the Jihadies favorite, 7.62x39.

14 posted on 09/17/2007 5:22:10 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Zman516
...for depicting Muhammad's head on a dog's body.
Hey! I like it!

It's an insult to dogs everywhere.

15 posted on 09/17/2007 5:24:38 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: MotleyGirl70

bump


16 posted on 09/17/2007 5:27:16 PM PDT by VOA
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To: stratboy

Target rich demonstration.


17 posted on 09/17/2007 5:30:34 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (If Roger Maris got an asterisk next to his name, Bonds should get a syringe)
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To: stratboy

Now ifn I was an old guy and I happened onto that crowd I just might suffer from brain fog and get mixed up about which pedle did what and just start driving thru the crowd in circles.

Strictly on accident you understand.


18 posted on 09/17/2007 6:59:49 PM PDT by festus (I'm a fRedneck and proud of it.)
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