Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist
from CNN, January 1:
A Somali man was shot as he allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard -- known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad -- on Saturday, police said.
The 27-year-old man, who was not identified, wielded an ax and a knife and cracked a window at Westergaard's home in Aarhus, said police spokesman Morten Jensen. A home alarm alerted police to the scene at 10 p.m., and they were attacked by the man, he said.
The officers shot the man in the right leg and left hand. He was hospitalized, but was not seriously injured, police said.
Westergaard's caricature of Mohammed -- which depicted the prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit fuse -- sparked an uproar among Muslims in early 2006 after newspapers reprinted the images months later as a matter of free speech. The cartoon was first published by the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jullands-Posten in September 2005.
At the time, Westergaard said he wanted his cartoon to say that some people exploited the prophet to legitimize terror. However, many in the Muslim world interpreted the drawing as depicting their prophet as a terrorist.
Over the years, Danish authorities have arrested other suspects who allegedly plotted against Westergaard's life.
After three such arrests were made in February 2008, Westergaard issued a statement, saying, "Of course I fear for my life after the Danish Security and Intelligence Service informed me of the concrete plans of certain people to kill me. However, I have turned fear into anger and indignation. It has made me angry that a perfectly normal everyday activity which I used to do by the thousand was abused to set off such madness."
It should be interesting to see if there is an increase in attacks on high-level symbolic targets such as Westergaard, who symbolizes for Islamists the Western free speech and free political expression they are obsessed with silencing.
11 comments:
an ax and a knife
an ax and a knife
an ax and a knife
How original! Jack the ripper is turning in his grave!
Hi-Tech BUTCHERS!
How come HE is in the hospital? I don't understand it!
Revere Rides Again,
This just ticks me off. How much longer are people going to tolerate this. We should be cracking down on these guys at least as hard as we crack down on gangs.
The "Religion of Peace" strikes again
They should have practiced shoot to kill to rid the world of this maniacal cartoonifadist.
Anonymous,
I posted the story here at IBA and will post it at my site too.
At least it made headlines on FOX and, to a lesser extent, CNN and other MSM news. A week ago it might have gone unnoticed.
20 years ago, when the fatwa was issued against Rushdie, I recall Leonard Peikoff, author of The Ominous Parallels, warning that if the rest of the world did not respond by isolating and boycotting the Iranian regime it would come back to haunt us. It was such an essential attack on freedom of speech, yet it was, if not ignored, still allowed to stand.
They're 0 for 2 in the West this year despite success in blowing up volleyball players and CIA operatives in ME hellholes. Here we are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Hell Ohio judges....
RIFQA
BARY
No excuses
He was in the house with his 5-year-old grandchild and they both had to hide in a re-inforced "safe room" bathroom. Five-year-old would have seen grandpa axed to death and lived to tell (and remember) the tale. Or not.
Over the next few weeks (or days), which horror story is not going to have a happy ending, and will it be enough to wake people up?
"Five-year-old would have seen grandpa axed to death and lived to tell (and remember) the tale. Or not."
Samir Quntar anyone?
Thanks again for the great cartoon Kurt!
Good job Danish police! Shoot to kill next time please.
And get yourself some really fine guard dogs Kurt, the kind that don't mind getting a little shit stuck in their teeth now and again.
Just think what a great picture that would have made... Somalian jihadist with axe in one hand, knife in other hand, and rotweiller's teeth in his ass.
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