Iraq has officially become the most dangerous conflict ever for journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

BBC: Danish PM talks to Muslim group

BBC: Pakistanis rampage over cartoons

BBC: Iran paper's Holocaust cartoons

I particularly liked this from Rob Corddry, the show's "vice-presidential firearms mishap analyst":

"Tonight, the vice-president is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Whittington.

"According to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush," Corddry said.

"Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a better place for his having spread buckshot across the entire region of Mr. Whittington's face."

In a post 9/11 world, "the American people expect their leaders to be decisive," Corddry said. "Had Cheney not have shot his friend in the face, it would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak," he dead-panned.

The 'supers' Cheney's Got a Gun and VP: No. 2 with a Bullet also made me laugh.

Stewart made this personal plea to parents:

Moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I can't emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted -- it's just not worth it."

This AP story has some of Jay Leno's and David Letterman's gags.

In an issue released Monday, the Western Standard magazine reproduced eight of the 12 cartoons that are supposedly responsible for a worldwide outcry.

Various Islamic groups want them charged under Canada's hate crimes laws -- something I suspect won't end in a conviction.

With that update, you might want to watch the following debate between Ezra Levant, the Standard's publisher, and Tarek Fatah of the Canadian Muslim Congress. To see it, go to this CTV.ca story. It's under the 'video' section.

The L.A. Times reported Monday on a leaked draft UN report that finds detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba violates their right to physical and mental health. Oh yeah -- it also mentions ...   more »

While yapping with my co-worker Tyrone on the subway home this evening, I came to the not-particularly-brilliant-or-original thought: When it comes to public voice and persona, Christians and Muslims have much in common.

Doug Saunders is a London, England-based correspondent with The Globe and Mail. He did an online Q-and-A about the Prophet Muhammad cartoons on Monday at globeandmail.com.