5 Arrested Planning Terror Attack On Danish Paper That Published Muhammad Cartoons

Four men were arrested in Denmark and one in Sweden today, suspected of plotting an attack on the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that in 2005 published the now-famous cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (See prior posting.) The New York Times reports that the four arrested in Denmark had entered the country from Sweden and were planning within a few days to break into the newspaper and kill as many people as possible.