Norway sentences 3 for terrorist plot against Danish newspaper

[News_Editor]

Norway sentences 3 for terrorist plot against Danish newspaper

2012-01-31 17:01:27 GMT+7 (ICT)

OSLO, NORWAY (BNO NEWS) -- A Norwegian court on Monday convicted and sentenced three people for their roles in a terrorist plot to attack a Danish newspaper which caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, officials said.

40-year-old Mikael Davud, 38-year-old Iraqi-Kurd Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak and 33-year-old Uzbek David Jakobsen were all sentenced for their roles in a terror plot against the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and murder the newspaper's cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard.

Controversy began after the Jyllands-Posten newspaper published several cartoons in 2005 depicting Mohammed, one of the most important Muslim religious figures. One of the most controversial publications was one drawn up by Westergaard and showed Mohammed wearing a bomb-like turban.

The publications caused widespread protests, including from Muslims in Denmark and elsewhere in the world. Despite public apologies, the Danish newspaper has maintained its stand on freedom of speech and its right to publish the cartoons.

Following the arrest of the three individuals in February 2008, the Jyllands-Posten again published the cartoons to show its commitment to freedom of speech.

In addition to the terrorist plot in Denmark, the three individuals were also allegedly linked to al-Qaeda and plans to attack both U.S. and British targets in 2009. The men have denied those charges.

Davud was sentenced to seven years in prison while Bujak received a prison term of 3.5 years. Jakobsen, who assisted police in the investigation and was as a result cleared of terrorism charges, was handed down a four-month prison term.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2012-01-31

[GentlemanJim]

Whew! Good job for them they didn't go Stateside. There are people still in Guantanamo for doing less. They would have got a 50 year stretch. Fair do's really.

Edited January 31, 2012 by GentlemanJim

[gopnarak]

David Jakobsen? Is that some new name the police gave the snitch to hide his real identity and did they choose that name to piss these al-Qaeda dudes off ?

Btw. Wuterich, is that a danish family name? Somebody know?

[Steely Dan]

Quite an embarrassing case for Norway seeing as they are the arch liberals trying to pretend that Brevik happened in a vacuum and their multi-culturalist policies have no blow back.

[otherstuff1957]

4 months to 7 years for conspiring to commit murder???? I may not agree with all US laws (the Patriot Act for instance!), but this would be considered to be a "Hate Crime" in the US and the sentence would be lengthened accordingly.

[Orac]

Why were they not tried in Denmark????