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February 15, 2010


Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* a terrorist-set explosion that killed nine and injured 57 has led authorities to question whether or not David Coleman Headley, currently undergoing trial for planning attacks on Danish Cartoons Controversy-related subjects and doing advance scouting for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, may have performed scouting for this attack as well.

* nearly 3000 people Friday protested a Norwegian newspaper's publication of a cartoon depicting Muhammad as a pig. As the article discusses, the publication was an illustration for a related story, not a formal declaration of the Prophet's pig-like nature. Danish Cartoon Controversy fans from way back will recall that one of the factors that led to violent riots concerning the initial cartoons was the inclusion of a fake, photo-shopped cartoon that depicted Muhammad as a pig.

* your unrelated political issues for which the Danish Cartoons provide some sort of context: the Geert Wilder trial; hate attacks worldwide; free speech advocacy in Denmark.
 
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