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Four months after the fact, Muslim anger over the publication in Scandinavia of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad has snowballed into a full-fledged crisis threatening Nordic trade and security.

Cartoons including a portrayal of the Prophet wearing a time-bomb shaped turban were published in a Danish newspaper last September.

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