“Cartoonist Lars Vilks said he was ready to die after extremists in Iraq offered $150,000 to anyone who slit his throat, or $100,000 for his murder by other means.
“‘We must not give in,’ he was quoted as saying in the Dagens Nyheter daily that republished the cartoon in small format Sunday.
“‘I’m starting to grow old. I could die at any time — it’s not a catastrophe,’ he said.”
