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| Danish cartoons 'plotters' held | Danish cartoons 'plotters' held |
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| Danish police have arrested five people suspected of planning to attack a cartoonist who drew caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. | Danish police have arrested five people suspected of planning to attack a cartoonist who drew caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. |
| Denmark's intelligence agency said the arrests were made in the western Aarhus region at 0330 GMT "to prevent a murder linked to terrorism". | |
| Three of those detained are Danes and the other two are foreigners. | |
| The pictures in Denmark's biggest daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked deadly worldwide protests. | The pictures in Denmark's biggest daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked deadly worldwide protests. |
| Muslims regard any visual representation of Muhammad as blasphemous. | Muslims regard any visual representation of Muhammad as blasphemous. |
| 'Concrete plans' | 'Concrete plans' |
| The intelligence agency said the detentions were made "after lengthy surveillance". | The intelligence agency said the detentions were made "after lengthy surveillance". |
| I have turned fear into anger and resentment Kurt WestergaardCartoonist | I have turned fear into anger and resentment Kurt WestergaardCartoonist |
| It did not identify the target of the alleged plot, but the online edition of Jyllands-Posten said its cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, was the focus. | It did not identify the target of the alleged plot, but the online edition of Jyllands-Posten said its cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, was the focus. |
| The newspaper, based in Aarhus, said Mr Westergaard, 73, and his 66-year-old wife, Gitte, had been under police protection for the past three months. | The newspaper, based in Aarhus, said Mr Westergaard, 73, and his 66-year-old wife, Gitte, had been under police protection for the past three months. |
| In a statement on Jyllands-Posten's website, Mr Westergaard said: "Of course I fear for my life when the police intelligence service say that some people have concrete plans to kill me. | In a statement on Jyllands-Posten's website, Mr Westergaard said: "Of course I fear for my life when the police intelligence service say that some people have concrete plans to kill me. |
| "But I have turned fear into anger and resentment." | "But I have turned fear into anger and resentment." |
| The BBC's Thomas Buch-Andersen in Copenhagen says the arrests have stunned people in Denmark, where the furore over the cartoons was thought to have passed. | The BBC's Thomas Buch-Andersen in Copenhagen says the arrests have stunned people in Denmark, where the furore over the cartoons was thought to have passed. |
| Mr Westergaard was one of 12 artists behind the drawings but he was responsible for what was considered the most controversial of the pictures. | Mr Westergaard was one of 12 artists behind the drawings but he was responsible for what was considered the most controversial of the pictures. |
| The caricature featured the head of Islam's holiest prophet with a turban depicting a bomb with a lit fuse. | The caricature featured the head of Islam's holiest prophet with a turban depicting a bomb with a lit fuse. |
| The cartoons were later reprinted by more than 60 newspapers, triggering a wave of protests in parts of the Muslim world. | The cartoons were later reprinted by more than 60 newspapers, triggering a wave of protests in parts of the Muslim world. |
| The demonstrations culminated a year ago with the torching of Danish diplomatic offices in Damascus and Beirut and dozens of deaths in Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan. | The demonstrations culminated a year ago with the torching of Danish diplomatic offices in Damascus and Beirut and dozens of deaths in Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan. |