2008-02-16 Danish lawmakers refuse to apologize, cancel trip to Iran

2008-02-16 Associated Press \Muhammad/cartoon riots\Islamofascism\Denmark\Iran http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3507426,00.html Danish lawmakers refuse to apologize, cancel trip to Iran &ldquo;A group of Danish lawmakers has canceled a trip to Iran because Tehran demanded they condemn the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in newspapers, a spokeswoman said Saturday.&rdquo;  A group of Danish lawmakers has canceled a trip to Iran because Tehran demanded they condemn the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in newspapers, a spokeswoman said Saturday. ... More than a dozen Danish newspapers on Wednesday reprinted a cartoon that sparked massive protests in Muslim countries two years ago. The newspapers acted after police revealed an alleged plot to kill the creator of a caricature.

Danish police said they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked the uproar.   