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BBC News - Denmark holds 'Muhammad cartoon plotters'BBC News said:Five suspected Islamist militants have been arrested for planning to attack a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005.
The men wanted to "kill as many people as possible" at the Copenhagen offices of Jyllands-Posten, officials said.
Denmark's Justice Minister Lars Barfoed said it was the country's most serious terrorist plot.
Four suspects - including three Swedes - were held in Denmark, and the fifth was detained in Sweden, police said.
The four held in Denmark were picked up in raids in Greve and Herlev, near Copenhagen, where police found an automatic weapon, a silencer and live ammunition, according to Denmark's security agency, Pet.
The agency's chief, Jakob Scharf, said the four held in Denmark had been planning to enter the building housing the Jyllands-Posten and "kill as many of the people present as possible".
He said an "imminent terror attack" had been foiled and described some of the suspects as "militant Islamists".
Mr Barfoed said in a statement that the plot was "outrageous" and described it as "the most serious attempt at terror so far in Denmark".
Couple that with 12 Somali's arrested in the Netherlands on Dec 25th.
Add the other 12 arrested in the UK on Dec 20th for terrorist plots
The targets seem to be coming more from inside the country than outside. I'm also seeing (possibly) a trend to attack Europe more and more. I didn't include the successful bombing in Sweden over this same cartoon issue from 2005. The West may not be at war with Islam, but a certain portion of Islam sure is at war with us.