The suspected terrorists reject the allegations, but the security authorities are sure: the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten should an attack be committed. The plot is reminiscent of the foiled plans of Pakistan's extremist Kashmiri and his follower Headley. Berlin - published since the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten "In 2005 his series of cartoons of Mohammed goes by, hardly a week goes by without al-Qaeda or another militant organization calling for vengeance.There have already attempted attacks on both the editorial and on artist such as Kurt Westergaard, who escaped in 2009 only about an ax-attack. The group arrested on Wednesday of alleged conspirators have intended to Danish and Swedish investigators, according also to attack the newspaper.
Three of those arrested were brought before a magistrate judge on Thursday, the four weeks ordered custody. The men rejected all accusations. But the investigators are sure: "We believe that it was her plan to gain access to the building of Jyllands-Posten and make an attack in the style of Mumbai," said Jacob Scherf, head of the Danish intelligence service after the cell was lifted up.
As with any execution or foiled terrorist attack here is the question of possible international connections, according to backers, and possibly involved known terrorist networks, high on the list of investigators. Because it can be derived most likely that further attacks threaten. There are still no concrete evidence to, at least none that would be publicly known.
Model "Mickey Mouse Plot" It is certain that the authorities examine in Sweden and Denmark to see if there is a link to the "Mickey Mouse Plot" is. The terrorist plot, who also directed against Jyllands-Posten could be prevented in October 2009 by the arrest of Pakistani-born U.S. citizen David Headley at the airport in Chicago.
It is suspected that the plan on Wednesday stopped by Headley's plot was at least inspired. The two projects are alike strong. David Headley was operating on behalf of the Topterroristen Ilyas Kashmiri. The Pakistani leader is his own terrorist group, Harakat ul-Jihad Islami, maintains close and also very controversial links with the Lashkar-i Toiba (LiT) and al-Qaida.
Headley also placed first in the service of LiT and scouted for them from the goals that were attacked in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. Also Anschlagsort in Pune Headley filmed before a bomb exploded there - from a German bakery. Kashmiri later confessed to the attack.
Headley joined the FBI, according to the militant jihadism, because he was appalled by the Muhammad cartoons. He felt that in view of these insults "to the violence-prone," he wrote of his time in an Internet forum. In Ilyas Kashmiri, he later found a terrorist network and its own resources, would enable him revenge for the drawings.
The Swedish Connection The largest part of 2009 through Headley was planning on behalf of Kashmiris and other militants, an operation in Copenhagen. Twice he traveled to Denmark to film the potential targets in good style. When he was arrested, the FBI found in his luggage a memory stick with pictures of the Jyllands-Posten editors as well as a nearby barracks of the Danish military.
Even in the editorial itself Headley had advanced - under the pretext of wanting to place an ad. Headley and his co-conspirators in Pakistan and the United States described their plot in their e-mails as "Project Mickey Mouse" or "Northern Project. According to U.S. investigators, he reportedly described after his arrest that the idea was to take hostages in the newsroom and to execute them.
It would be a kind of scenario, Mumbai have been small. In the Indian city had the LiT then served a bloodbath at ten different venues, including the train station, luxury hotels and cafes. Nearly 200 people were killed. Particularly controversial in view of the current arrests in Denmark are statements that Headley has made against Indian investigators.
They are present in extracts Buzz Daily World. They reveal that Kashmiri had at least one liaison officer in Stockholm. Headley, describes a meeting with Kashmiri in May 2009 in the Pakistani tribal areas. "I was told that I should like to focus on the Danish project," he stated. "They even discussed a general attack on Copenhagen." Kashmiri, so Headley, had given him $ 1,500 for the plot and asked him to make more videos.
"From then and up to my arrest, I concentrated on the Denmark project." In Denmark he scouted out the Copenhagen office and the headquarters of the newspaper in Aarhus. We have discussed whether a hostage-taking was the best, or a suicide attack for which he had even suggested itself. Kashmiri also helped out with his personal contacts.
After the LIT, which seems to have originally been part of the plot, disengages itself to prefer to plan further attacks in India, the Pakistanis, the attack plan was apparently on its own. Headley he sent to Derby in England to visit two henchmen. They had to report not only nice things about Kashmiri, but one of the two men gave more money Headley.
200 radical Islamists in Stockholm from where Headley finally traveled to Stockholm, there was also Kashmiri compounds. A man named Farid ", a Moroccan, should be brought to cooperate. This did not, "Farid told me that he was under constant observation and Denmark for the project are not available." In Stockholm alone, the Swedish secret service a scene of about 200 Islamic radicals have been identified.
The Swedish researcher Magnus Ranstorp terror says: "There really knows practically everybody else you are extremely interconnected.." If the Mickey Mouse Plot of 2009 passed over the detour of "Farid" and the Stockholm scene of the foiled plans now? After all, several of the suspected terrorists were from the Swedish capital, the plan was apparently there's output.
Such a scenario is plausible, but it remains entirely unproven. In Copenhagen, it states that it "Farid" and knew he was not involved. But even if these should be allowed to prove any direct link, at least one inspiration is not unlikely. The authorities on Wednesday were among those arrested, a machine gun, and - according to press reports - including cable ties.
Both would fit in a hostage-taking scenario, including executions, just like Headley had then appeared to have provided.
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