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06/06/2008: "Al-Qaida threatens Norway"

Terrorist organization al-Qaida, which has claimed responsibility for Monday's bombing of the Danish Embassy in Pakistan, now is making threats against Norway as well.

The Danish attack was another reprisal against a Danish newspaper's publication of caricatures depicting the prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban. Muslims around the world were offended, and many staged violent demonstrations at the time, also against some Norwegian targets because a small Norwegian magazine had reprinted the drawings.

Al-Yazid claimed that more attacks are in the works, and the targets will be embassies and diplomatic personnel from countries that also published the Mohammed caricatures.

[ What a pathetic reason for a bombing campaign. All this does is lose al Qaeda sympathy. Who benefits? ]

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2465706.ece