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Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head of Cartoonist

$100,000 for murder of Swede who drew offensive image

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 16, 2007 5:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published...   Read full story »

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