Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* the Danish-Somali man who broke into Danish Cartoons Controversy artist Kurt Westergaard with an axe, a knife, a series of shouted prayers and bad intentions was recently recruiting Swedes to join the radical group al-Shabaab, according to various reports to hit the wires this morning.

* the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has reissued their statement on the Danish cartoons in light of the attack on Westergaard.

* it looks like the conservative opinion portion of the modern press -- at least I'm guessing that bow tie is not being worn with irony -- may pick up on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's decision to quietly pull some Muhammad imagery from its personal collection. The initial articles on the matter have portrayed it a capitulation to fears regarding folks' reaction to such art, "jihad jitters," and I suspect the argument will eventually develop into accusations of protecting funding over values of free expression.
 
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