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An attack against Denmark: Rasmussen

COPEHHAGEN: Denmark on Monday deplored the bombing targeting its embassy. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen called the bombing “an attack against Denmark.” He said Denmark would not be cowed by terrorists.

“Denmark will not alter its policy because of a terror attack,” he said. “We will not give in to terrorists. We will maintain the foreign and security policy line we have been leading.” Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said the government did not know who was behind the blast. Many expressed concern that the attack was a response to the publication of the cartoons — or the deployment of troops in Afghanistan. “What has brought Denmark so much to the attention of people’s attention in that part of the world is the cartoons,” said a terrorism expert. Denmark withdrew its troops from Iraq last year but has more than 600 soldiers serving in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan. — AP

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