Artist threat 3 released
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March 14, 2010, Sunday
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THREE Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge, but three other men and an American woman remain in custody, Irish police said yesterday.
Six men - three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian and a Croatian - and the American woman married to one of the Algerians, were arrested on Tuesday in Ireland hours before US authorities unveiled a terror indictment against a Philadelphia woman, Colleen LaRose, 46.
LaRose - who billed herself as "Jihad Jane" in a 2008 YouTube video - is accused of plotting with others to kill Vilks because of his 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Muslim prophet Muhammad on a dog's body.
The drawing provoked al-Qaida in Iraq to offer a US$100,000 bounty for the artist's slaying.
Irish police say LaRose visited Ireland in September and spent about two weeks with the Algerian-American couple and other suspects.
Vilks has received extra security in Sweden since January, when he received two telephone death threats.
Three Swedish newspapers reprinted Vilks' provocative drawing this week, citing its news value and the need to defend freedom of expression.
Six men - three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian and a Croatian - and the American woman married to one of the Algerians, were arrested on Tuesday in Ireland hours before US authorities unveiled a terror indictment against a Philadelphia woman, Colleen LaRose, 46.
LaRose - who billed herself as "Jihad Jane" in a 2008 YouTube video - is accused of plotting with others to kill Vilks because of his 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Muslim prophet Muhammad on a dog's body.
The drawing provoked al-Qaida in Iraq to offer a US$100,000 bounty for the artist's slaying.
Irish police say LaRose visited Ireland in September and spent about two weeks with the Algerian-American couple and other suspects.
Vilks has received extra security in Sweden since January, when he received two telephone death threats.
Three Swedish newspapers reprinted Vilks' provocative drawing this week, citing its news value and the need to defend freedom of expression.
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