'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day' Cartoonist Now on Hitlist

The cartoonist who first promoted Everbody Draw Mohammed Day earlier this year actually withdrew from the cause after the supposed controversy it all started, but that apparently hasn't stopped psycho Anwar al-Awlaki from issuing a death threat against her. Might be time for another Obama charm offensive with the so-called Muslim world.

A charismatic terror leader linked to the botched Times Square car bomb has placed the Seattle cartoonist who launched "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" on an execution hitlist.

The Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki - the radical who's also been cited as inspiring the Fort Hood, Tex., massacre and the plot by two New Jersey men to kill U.S. soldiers - singled out artist Molly Norris as a "prime target," saying her "proper abode is Hellfire."

FBI officials have notified Norris and warned her they consider it a "very serious threat."

In "Inspire," an English language Al Qaeda terrorist mag, Awlaki damns Norris and eight others for "blasphemous caricatures" of the Prophet Muhammed.

The other cartoonists, authors and journalists in Awlaki's crosshairs are Swedish, Dutch and British citizens.

The 67-page terror rag is seen by terrorism experts as a bald new attempt to reach and recruit Muslim youth in the West.

"The medicine prescribed by the Messenger of Allah is the execution of those involved," writes Awlaki, 39, a Las Cruces, N.M.-born American citizen.

"A soul that is so debased, as to enjoy the ridicule of the Messenger of Allah, the mercy to mankind; a soul that is so ungrateful towards its lord that it defames the Prophet of the religion Allah has chosen for his creation does not deserve life, does not deserve to breathe the air created by Allah and enjoy a life provided for by Allah. Their proper abode is Hellfire."

Awlaki's rant first appeared in late June in "Inspire," which was posted to the Internet by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a Yemeni branch linked to a Christmas Day bombing attempt on a U.S.-bound jet.

Initially, only three pages of the Web version were accessible, leading to speculation it may be fake. But Sunday, the full edition was posted on jihadist Web forums, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

David Gomez, the FBI's assistant special agent in charge of counter-terrorism in Seattle, said Norris and others were warned of the "very serious threat."

"We understand the absolute seriousness of a threat from an Al Qaeda inspired magazine and are attempting to do everything in our power to assist the individuals on that list to effectively protect themselves and change their behavior to make themselves less of a target," Gomez said.

Thanks to Hot Air, AoS and FFF for the links.