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This is according to our Danish news partner Seven59.dk. <\/p>\n<p>The recent attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris is the latest in a chain of events following the Jyllands-Posten’s publication of the Muhammad cartoons in Denmark in 2006. <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/ten-years-muhammad-cartoon-crisis-2005-2015\" target=\"_blank\">See the chain of events subsequent to the Mohammed cartoon crisis here.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time Flemming Rose blames the international media, with the exception of Charlie Hebdo, for failing to show more support when his paper printed the original cartoons that ignited riots throughout the Middle East nine years ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Caved in to intimidation<\/h2>\n<p>He says that Jyllands-Posten has been living with death threats for nine years and is in a special situation compared to all other newspapers in the world and admits that \u2018our side is fighting a losing battle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although claiming that he isn\u2019t personally afraid he admits that the paper has \u2018caved in\u2019 to the intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02gwz1r\" target=\"_blank\">a clip of the Hard Talk interview here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook <\/a> for features, guides and tips on upcoming events. 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