We Don't Have To Worry About This Here

Al Qaeda has offered a $100,000 reward for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist (with a $50,000 bonus if he's "slaughtered like a lamb") and a $50,000 for the murder of the editor of the newspaper that published the cartoon.

And, if that's not enough to bring Sweden to the Islamic heel, then Al Qaeda will attack the Swedish economy.

"From now on we announce the call to shed the blood of the Lars who dared to insult our Prophet... and during this munificent month we announce an award worth $100,000 to the person who kills this infidel criminal," he said in the 31-minute tape.

"The award will be increased to $150,000 if he were to be slaughtered like a lamb.

"We know how to force them to withdraw and apologies, and if they don't, they can wait for our strikes on their economy and giant companies such as Ericsson, Volvo, Ikea...."

This is something that American newspapers probably don't have to worry about. There isn't a publisher of a major newspaper in this entire country with stones big enough to print blasphemous cartoons in the first place.