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The cartoonist's life was also threatened, and three men were arrested for plotting his murder.<ref>Peter Popham - [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/three-arrested-for-plot-to-kill-mohamed-cartoonist-781533.html Three arrested for plot to kill Mohamed Cartoonist] - The Independent, February 13, 2008</ref> By the end of February 2006 more than 40 people had died<ref name="cartoon 1">[http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/25734739/JOURNALISM-FOR-INTEGRATION-THE-MUHAMMAD-CARTOONS Journalism For Integration - The Muhammad Cartoons] - Encyclopedia Britannica</ref> due to the retaliatory reaction, and its continued republication has resulted in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries.<ref name="cartoon 2">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547572,00.html Yale Removes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad From Forthcoming Book, Citing Fears of Violence] - Fox News, September 08, 2009</ref> In October 2009, FBI agents arrested two Chicago men, David Headley (aka Daood Gilani) and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, for plotting to kill employees of the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten.<ref>Natasha Korecki - [http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1849136,Men-charged-terrorism-JO091026.article Two Chicago men charged in terror scheme] - Naperville Sun, October 28, 2009</ref>   
The cartoonist's life was also threatened, and three men were arrested for plotting his murder.<ref>Peter Popham - [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/three-arrested-for-plot-to-kill-mohamed-cartoonist-781533.html Three arrested for plot to kill Mohamed Cartoonist] - The Independent, February 13, 2008</ref> By the end of February 2006 more than 40 people had died<ref name="cartoon 1">[http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/25734739/JOURNALISM-FOR-INTEGRATION-THE-MUHAMMAD-CARTOONS Journalism For Integration - The Muhammad Cartoons] - Encyclopedia Britannica</ref> due to the retaliatory reaction, and its continued republication has resulted in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries.<ref name="cartoon 2">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547572,00.html Yale Removes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad From Forthcoming Book, Citing Fears of Violence] - Fox News, September 08, 2009</ref> In October 2009, FBI agents arrested two Chicago men, David Headley (aka Daood Gilani) and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, for plotting to kill employees of the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten.<ref>Natasha Korecki - [http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1849136,Men-charged-terrorism-JO091026.article Two Chicago men charged in terror scheme] - Naperville Sun, October 28, 2009</ref>   


On January 2, 2010 a Muslim [[Somalia|Somali]] knife-wielding man with ties to [[al Qaeda]] used an axe to break into the home of cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. Westergaard fled to a panic room and hid there until police arrived within minutes and shot the suspect, wounding him in the right leg and left hand. Danish intelligence officials said the suspect is connected to al-Shabaab, al Qaeda's ally in east Africa.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/01/danish.cartoon.break.in/index.html Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist] - CNN, January 2, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/02/denmark.cartoonist/ Danish cartoonist hid in 'panic room' during attack] - CNN, January 2, 2010</ref>   
On January 2, 2010 a Muslim [[Somalia|Somali]] knife-wielding man with ties to [[al Qaeda]] used an axe to break into the home of cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. Westergaard fled to a panic room and hid there until police arrived within minutes and shot the suspect, wounding him in the right leg and left hand. Danish intelligence officials said the suspect is connected to al-Shabaab, al Qaeda's ally in east Africa.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/01/danish.cartoon.break.in/index.html Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist] - CNN, January 2, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/02/denmark.cartoonist/ Danish cartoonist hid in 'panic room' during attack] - CNN, January 2, 2010</ref>   


On January 15, 2010 a dozen [[Pakistan|Pakistani]] Muslims in Lahore burned a [[Norway|Norwegian]] flag and chanted slogans after a Norwegian newspaper reprinted the famous Danish Muhammad cartoons and a Norwegian Member of Parliament changed his Facebook profile picture to the caricature of Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.<ref>Jim Robbins - [http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/jan/15/pakistan-extremists-flip-out-over-facebook-photo/ Muslim extremists flip out over Facebook photo] - (Water Cooler: A Global Blog), The Washington Times, January 15, 2010</ref>   
On January 15, 2010 a dozen [[Pakistan|Pakistani]] Muslims in Lahore burned a [[Norway|Norwegian]] flag and chanted slogans after a Norwegian newspaper reprinted the famous Danish Muhammad cartoons and a Norwegian Member of Parliament changed his Facebook profile picture to the caricature of Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.<ref>Jim Robbins - [http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/jan/15/pakistan-extremists-flip-out-over-facebook-photo/ Muslim extremists flip out over Facebook photo] - (Water Cooler: A Global Blog), The Washington Times, January 15, 2010</ref>   
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