Acculynk Announces ISO Program for Internet Card Not Present Processing.

Complete card acceptance program plus Acculynk's Internet PIN debit solution provides unique opportunity for ISOs

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 7, 2010 -- Acculynk, the first provider of a software-only service for Internet PIN debit payments, PaySecure, has extended its product line to include online card processing and Internet PIN debit available for resale through Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs).

Acculynk (booth #1112, ETA, April 13th-15th) has introduced a new payments platform, PaySecure Plus, which includes credit card and signature debit processing, plus offers the added benefit of processing Internet PIN debit transactions through PaySecure.

"Online merchants are looking at non-traditional payment providers for alternative payment types," said Tom Wilkerson, VP of Business Development. "PaySecure allows the ISO community to leverage Acculynk's leading alternative card-based, bank-sponsored payment type to generate new business."

Acculynk introduced PaySecure in March 2009, and has since partnered with 7 EFT networks to process Internet PIN debit transactions; the company has 1,000+ unique websites that are enabled with PaySecure.

"ISOs drive significant card volume and value, but very little innovation has occurred in the last five years in this important channel," said Wilkerson. "Acculynk is extending its reach by giving the ISO community the ability to offer a highly differentiated product in a very competitive and commoditized marketplace."

The success of PaySecure, coupled with feedback from merchants, was an impetus to expand the company's business model to card processing.

"Merchants are seeking a single provider for all card-based payment types," said Wilkerson. "PaySecure Plus is a secure payments platform that also includes Internet PIN debit and offers the greatest value to merchants through reduced fees, lower charge-backs and fraud, and immediate consumer adoption."

Acculynk's card processing services include acceptance of all major credit and debit cards, a full-service ISO and merchant support organization, and competitive rates and margins. Stop by Acculynk's booth, #1112, at the upcoming Electronic Transaction Association's (ETA) 2010 Annual Meeting and Expo, April 13th-15th, in Las Vegas.

About Acculynk

Acculynk secures online transactions with a suite of software-only services that are backed by a powerful encryption and authentication framework protected by a family of issued and pending patents. Acculynk's services provide greater security, reliability, convenience and return on investment for consumers, merchants, networks, issuers and acquirers. For more information, visit http://www.acculynk.com.

Acculynk Media Contact

CONTACT: Danielle Duclos, Director of Marketing, 678.894.7013, press(at)acculynk(dot)com

Acculynk Sales Contact

CONTACT: Tom Wilkerson, VP of Business Development, 678.894.7012, sales(at)acculynk(dot)com

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'Sick' woman gets the boot for using Facebook.(News)

A Swiss woman has lost her job after her bosses found out she was using Facebook when she claimed to be too ill to work on a computer.

The woman had a migraine and had told her employer, Nationale Suisse, she needed to lie in a darkened room.

The company said its discovery that she was using Facebook destroyed its trust in her and prompted her firing.

But the woman said she had gone on the internet on her iPhone while in bed.

The company says it followed simple logic: those well enough to use Facebook with a migraine were well enough to work with a migraine. - ananova.com

Let's meet on the web: technology proves useful in message dissemination.(EntrepreneurEdge)

Some of the world's leading technology companies are using what seems like a simple technique to generate hot sales leads at very small cost. Invitations to Web-based seminars - or webinars - are popping up on business home pages more frequently than ever as a late 90s technology becomes more refined, easier to use, and downright inexpensive.

In terms of content, a webinar isn't a whole lot different than a sales or product seminar held in a rented hotel conference room. Expert panelists explain their product, project their PowerPoint on the big screen and answer questions from the audience at the close of the session. The same thing happens during a webinar, except there's no pot of coffee or pile of pastries at the back of the room.

In fact, Utah companies using webinars are finding they are generating better leads for as little as a hundred dollars a month in distribution fees - less than the cost of that pile of doughnuts. "Webinars are really key," says Omniture's marketing director, Mikel Chertudi. "Sixty to 70 percent of all the sales-ready opportunities [we have] come from webinars."

Bringing it to You

The ability to link thousands of remote users via the Internet to a live presentation coming from a business like Omniture was clunky and expensive just a few years ago, but now several companies have refined the process and offer their services as facilitators. Two of the leaders in the field are Webex.com and Gotowebinar.com.

A typical webinar begins with an e-mail invitation sent to a presenting company's e-mail list, along with a home page invitation for anyone to attend online. A registration function is attached, and e-mail reminders go out as the date and time of the webinar approaches. Attendees are given a phone number to call for the audio portion of the webinar, and the video appears on their computer screen. Some technologies use Voice-over IP technology instead of phone audio, but in either case the attendee's audio is usually muted to prevent interruptions. Questions are sent online and answered by the webinar presenter, generally toward the end of typically hour-long programs.

As simple as it sounds, webinars are much like any luncheon series, with added convenience, but the convenience comes with a challenge. Because of the lag in the adoption of any technology, webinars are not likely to be successful unless they have compelling information that's presented well. At Omniture, the Orem-based producer of online business optimization software, that idea has led to more thoughtful presentations cocoordinated by a director who produces them and has presenters run through rechearsals before going live. "We're really stepping it up" says Chertudi. "Even the best presenters need coaching."

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At Infopia, Marketing and Communications Director Chris Frank is also a big fan of webinars, but stresses that any successful message must be pertinent to a company's online community. "You have to create content that is valuable. It has to be part of an overall strategy."

Infopia, a Salt Lake City-based provider of selling technology for online retailers, created a book on e-commerce and created educational resources related to the book. Infopia promoted the book among partners and on the Websites on which it advertises, and then added webinars as an overall extension of the effort to establish the company as an authority in the industry.

"When people try to use them as sales tools, they can flop on you," Frank warns. Rather than the hard sell, smart webinar producers promote the events as opportunities for attendees to learn best practices in their particular businesses.

Chertudi agrees: "It does set you apart. We've rebranded ourselves as marketing experts on demand." By presenting top quality, informative webinars that potential customers learn from, those potential customers become sales-ready opportunities.

Webinar content can be new material, material recycled from other presentations, or both. Webinars can bring in presenters from other locations and partner companies. Presenting companies can get more exposure by issuing press releases announcing upcoming webinars. They can function not just as lead generators, but also, as with Infopia's strategy, as a positioning tool to set up the presenting company as an expert in its field. "You become the company people think about when they think about growing their business," Frank says.

Omniture's Chertudi did 21 webinars on various subjects in 2007 and looks to step it up to three a month in 2008. "Our industry is so new, there's so much opportunity for learning," he says. "Every one of these is new content." Once the webinars conclude with a live question and answer session, they can be re-edited and made available as prerecorded webinars on a company Website.

Still, as cost effective as webinars are proving to be for savvy users, they don't replace the personal contact. Most customers and vendors still want and need that personal contact. One thing webinars can never do is stream face time, handshakes, coffee and doughnuts over the Internet.

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     Waterloo  IA  GO Ref   *3,675  10:15 am C  Speer Financial  Ahlers & Cooney  08-15  XLCA  A1  -  -  -  Today     Waterloo  IA  GO   *19,730  10 am C  Speer Financial  Ahlers & Cooney  08-22  XLCA  A1  -  -  -  Today     Kokomo-Center Twp Cons Sch Corp  IN  GO   8,575  11 am E  Educational Services  Ice Miller  08-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 25     f    Hardin Co SD Fin Corp  KY  Sch Bldg Rev   *17,430  11 am E  J.J.B. Hilliard  Reed & Johnson  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 30     Chelmsford (Town)  MA  GO Muni Purp Loan   *13,655  11:50 am E  UniBank Fiscal Adv  Edwards Angell  08-22  -  -  -  -  -  May 30     Chelmsford (Town)  MA  GO Muni Purp Loan   18,103  11:25 am E  UniBank Fiscal Adv  Edwards Angell  08-25  -  -  -  -  -  May 30     Pine City  MN  GO   *2,165  10:30 am C  Northland Securities  Briggs & Morgan  09-23  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 30     Bozeman HSD #7  MT  GO Sch Bldg   14,975  11 am M  D.A. Davidson  Dorsey & Whitney  08-26  -  A1  -  -  -  May 29     Bozeman SD #7  MT  GO Sch Bldg   5,750  11 am M  D.A. Davidson  Dorsey & Whitney  08-26  -  A2  -  -  BQ  May 29     Essex Fells Borough  NJ  GO Ref   *3,310  10:45 am E  Samuel Klein & Co  McManimon & Scotland  08-20  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 23     Las Vegas Vly Wtr Dt  NV  GO Ref   *31,345  8 am P  NSB Public Finance  Swendseid & Stern  17-22  -  Aa1  AA+  -  -  May 25     Las Vegas Vly Wtr Dt  NV  GO Ref   *82,525  8:30 am P  NSB Public Finance  Swendseid & Stern  16-22  -  Aa1  AA+  -  -  May 25     f    Pulaski Ctrl SD  NY  Sch Dist   *2,726  11:30 am E  Fiscal Adv & Mkt  Hiscock & Barclay  09-22  -  -  A  -  -  May 30     f    Pulaski Ctrl SD  NY  Sch Dist   *4,721  11:30 am E  Fiscal Adv & Mkt  Hiscock & Barclay  09-27  -  -  A  -  -  May 30     f    Pulaski Ctrl SD  NY  Sch Dist   *8,000  11:30 am E  Fiscal Adv & Mkt  Hiscock & Barclay  08-27  -  -  A  -  -  May 30     f    Utica  NY  Pub Imp   *7,243  12 pm E  Fiscal Adv & Mkt  Orrick Herrington  08-27  -  Baa3  BBB  BBB-  -  May 30     Lincoln (Town)  RI  GO   3,000  11 am E  First Southwest  Edwards Angell  08-27  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today     Fort Bend Co MUD #124  TX  Unltd Tax   2,185  10:30 am C  GMS Group  Allen Boone  -  -  -  BBB  -  BQ  May 22     f    Virginia  VA  GO   *146,735  11 am E  First Southwest  Troutman Sanders  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 30     Montello  WI  GO Prom   *600  10 am C  Ehlers & Associates  Quarles & Brady  09-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 30     Montello  WI  GO Corp Purp   *1,205  10 am C  Ehlers & Associates  Quarles & Brady  15-27  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 30      Thursday, June 7      Allison-Bristow Comm SD  IA  Loc Option Sales   *690  10 am C  Public Fin Mgmt  Ahlers & Cooney  08-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 30     North Fayette Comm SD  IA  Loc Option Sales   *1,150  11 am C  Speer Financial  Ahlers & Cooney  14-22  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today     f    Laurel Co SD Fin Corp  KY  Sch Bldg Rev   *25,485  11 am E  Dupree & Co  Rubin & Hays  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 22     Lancaster (Town)  MA  GO Wtr   1,748  11 am E  First Southwest  Edwards Angell  08-22  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 30     f    Hillsdale County  MI  Note (Tax)  2,580  2 pm E  ACI Finance  Dickinson Wright  07-09  -  -  -  -  -  May 25     Sylvan (Town)  MN  GO Street   *1,250  10 am C  Ehlers & Associates  Kennedy & Graven  09-20  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 23     f  P  Elizabeth  NJ  Gen Imp   12,325  11 am E  Powell Capital  DeCotiis FitzPatrick  08-17  -  A3  -  -  -  May 29     f    Alfred Almond Ctrl SD  NY  Sch Dist   *2,600  11:30 am E  Municipal Solutions  O'Hara & O'Connell  08-21  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 24     Smithtown (Town)  NY  Pub Imp   4,265  11 am E  Munistat Services  Squire Sanders  08-16  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 24     Ellis Co ISD #39  OK  Trans Equipment   100  5:15 pm C  Stephen H. McDonald  L.O. at purch. exp.  09-12  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 25     Ellis Co ISD #39  OK  Bldg   210  5:15 pm C  Stephen H. McDonald  L.O. at purch. exp.  09-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 25     Leflore Co ISD #2  OK  Bldg   445  12 pm C  Stephen L. Smith  Phillips McFall  09-11  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today     Irving  TX  Wtrwks & Swr Sys   16,280  10:15 am C  First Southwest  Vinson & Elkins  08-27  -  -  AA  -  -  May 29     Irving  TX  GO   27,500  10 am C  First Southwest  Vinson & Elkins  08-27  -  -  AAA  -  -  May 29      Monday, June 11      Van Meter  IA  GO Bridge   280  10 am C  Piper Jaffray  Dorsey & Whitney  09-27  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 17     Kane Co Forest Pres Dt  IL  GO   *85,000  11 am E  Speer Financial  Chapman & Cutler  09-26  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 29     f  P  Ada Twp  MI  Cap Imp   4,575  2 pm E  Stauder Barch  Mika Meyers  08-21  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 30     Grosse Pointe Pk  MI  GO   7,000  11:30 am E  Bendzinski  Bodman  08-26  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today     Albert Lea  MN  GO Wtr Rev   1,040  11 am C  Springsted  -  09-23  -  -  -  -  -  May 21     Albert Lea  MN  GO Permanent Imp   2,400  11 am C  Springsted  -  09-18  -  -  -  -  -  May 21 

Fosston MN GO Swr Rev (Tax) 310 11 am C David Drown Briggs & Morgan 09-18 - - - - BQ May 18

     Maplewood  MN  GO Imp   *10,170  10:30 am C  Springsted  -  09-23  -  -  -  -  -  May 21     Billings  MT  GO   1,800  11 am M  Springsted  -  08-17  -  -  -  -  -  May 25     Billings  MT  GO   10,700  11 am M  Springsted  -  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 25      Tuesday, June 12      f    San Jose Fin Auth  CA  Lease Rev Ref   *35,745  9 am P  First Southwest  -  -  -  Aa3  AA  AA  -  Today     Leavenworth  KS  GO   1,530  11 am C  Piper Jaffray  Nichols & Wolfe  08-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 23     Somerset County  ME  GO   25,000  11 am E  Moors & Cabot  Bernstein Shur  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 22     Portage  MI  Spec Assess   785  11 am E  Muni Fin Consultants  Axe & Ecklund  07-26  -  -  -  -  -  Today     Richfield  MN  GO Cap Imp   *4,250  12 pm C  Ehlers & Associates  Kennedy & Graven  09-28  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 29     Richfield  MN  GO Cap Imp   *4,800  12 pm C  Ehlers & Associates  Kennedy & Graven  09-28  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 29     Sherburne County  MN  GO Cap Imp   *13,945  9:30 am C  Ehlers & Associates  Dorsey & Whitney  08-23  -  -  -  -  -  Today     f    Potsdam CSD  NY  GO Sch   16,000  11 am E  Bernard P. Donegan  Timothy R. McGill  08-23  -  -  -  -  -  May 30     Leflore Co ISD #67  OK  Bldg   285  12:45 pm C  Stephen H. McDonald  L.O. at purch. exp.  09-14  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today      Wednesday, June 13      Ctrl Arkansas Wtr  AR  Wtr Rev   *17,625  10 am C  Stephens  Wright Lindsey  08-27  -  Aa3  -  -  -  May 23     f    Galt Jt Union HSD  CA  GO   *15,300  9:30 am P  KNN Public Finance  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  May 25     Iowa BOR  IA  Hosp Rev   25,000  10 am C  Springsted  -  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 21     Shawnee Co USD #372  KS  GO Sch Bldg   7,900  2 pm C  George K. Baum  Gilmore & Bell  12-27  -  -  -  -  BQ  May 25     Iberia Par SD Parishwide  LA  GO Sch   20,000  5:30 pm C  Fiscal Services  Foley & Judell  09-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 14     Eaton County  MI  Bldg Auth   15,000  11:30 am E  Stauder Barch  Axe & Ecklund  08-27  -  -  -  -  -  May 30     Grand Traverse County  MI  Wtr Ref   *5,060  11 am E  Muni Fin Consultants  Axe & Ecklund  07-23  -  -  -  -  -  Today     New Ulm  MN  GO Permanent Imp   2,585  10 am C  Public Fin Mgmt  Dorsey & Whitney  08-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today     Bellevue Vlg  WI  GO Prom   *1,165  10 am C  Ehlers & Associates  Godfrey & Kahn  08-17  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today     Bellevue Vlg  WI  GO Pub Safety   *3,830  10 am C  Ehlers & Associates  Godfrey & Kahn  14-27  -  -  -  -  BQ  Today      Thursday, June 14      f    Chico Redev Agy  CA  Tax Alloc Ref   25,000  9:30 am P  Harrell & Company  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  May 30      Monday, June 18      Marshall  MN  GO Equip Certs   *485  11 am C  Springsted  -  08-12  -  -  -  -  -  May 25     Marshall  MN  GO   *4,390  11 am C  Springsted  -  08-18  -  -  -  -  -  May 25      Tuesday, June 19      Coon Rapids  MN  GO Wtr Ref Rev   *4,185  12 pm C  Springsted  -  11-21  -  -  -  -  -  May 21     Western Tech Coll Dt  WI  GO Prom   1,900  10 am C  Springsted  -  08-16  -  -  -  -  -  May 21      Tuesday, July 10      Robbinsdale  MN  GO Tax Increment   *5,465  11 am C  Springsted  -  10  -  -  -  -  -  May 21      Monday, August 6      Albuquerque  NM  GO   5,080  10 am M  Municipal Official  Brownstein Hyatt  15-16  -  -  -  -  -  May 24     Albuquerque  NM  Gen Purp   43,045  10 am M  Municipal Official  Brownstein Hyatt  08-16  -  -  -  -  -  May 24      Day to Day      f    Florida BOE  FL  Lottery Rev   360,000   -  Municipal Official  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  Apr 26     Florida Dept of Tranp  FL  Turnpike Rev   *379,420   -  Division of Bond Fin  Greenberg Traurig  07-36  -  Aa2  AA-  -  -  Mar 22  (c) 2007 The Bond Buyer and SourceMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.bondbuyer.com http://www.sourcemedia.com 

This Holiday Season, NASCAR(R) Autocare by Ecolab(R) Introduces New Limited Edition Detailing Kit for the Car Enthusiast Who Has Everything.

Great Gift Idea for Under $30 Available Exclusively at Target(R) Stores Nationwide

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Just in time for the holidays, Ecolab announces the NASCAR Autocare by Ecolab Detailing Kit, the professional car care system, available exclusively at Target(R) stores throughout the country. Perfect for the NASCAR fan and car enthusiast alike, this new limited edition kit is available for under $30.

From car wash and car wax to wheel and glass cleaner, the NASCAR Autocare by Ecolab Detailing Kit contains the products and tools necessary to detail a vehicle and make it shine. The NASCAR Autocare by Ecolab kit includes five professional car care products: Ultra Foam Car Wash, Ultra Foam Carnauba Wax, Ultra Foam Wheel Cleaner, Ultra Foam Glass Cleaner, and Professional Carnauba Liquid Wax. All five products, plus an applicator pad and microfiber towel, come in a convenient NASCAR branded carrying case to keep everything organized and is sturdy enough to stand up against the toughest tests.

"I've asked for NASCAR Autocare by Ecolab on my holiday list," says NASCAR Performance Crew Chief Mark Salem. "Ecolab's Professional Detailing Kit puts a first place finish on your car."

All products in the NASCAR Autocare by Ecolab Detailing Kit are easy to use and provide impressive cleaning results, while leaving a long-lasting, deep-gloss shine. Additional product information can be found at http://www.ecolabathome.com/.

About Ecolab

As the leader in professional car care products, Ecolab knows detailing. For over 80 years, Ecolab has been the preferred choice of America's top companies for innovative cleaning products. Ecolab products are used to clean over 250 million vehicles per year.

With 2004 sales of $4.2 billion, Ecolab is the leading global developer and marketer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, pest elimination, maintenance and repair products for the hospitality, foodservice, institutional and industrial markets. Ecolab shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ECL. Ecolab news releases and other investor information are available on the Internet at http://www.ecolab.com/.

NASCAR(R) is a registered trademark of and is under license from NASCAR Inc. (C) 2005 Target Stores. The Bullseye Design, Bullseye Dog and Target are trademarks of Target Brands, Inc. All rights reserved.

CONTACT: Media Contact: Kristin Campbell, Camille Dager or Adrienne Harris for Ecolab, at Harris, Baio & McCullough, +1-215-440-9800, or email kristin@hbmadv.com, Camille@hbmadv.com, adrienne@hbmadv.com

Web site: http://www.ecolab.com/ http://www.ecolabathome.com/

Gaming site signs exclusive deals with Yahoo! Europe and BT Yahoo!(Online)(Brief Article)

Midasplayer.com has signed an exclusive deal with Yahoo! Europe to supply its "skill gaming" content to Yahoo! Games sites in the UK, France and Germany, as well as BT Yahoo! internet services in the UK.

Midasplayer.com will be given full content integration within the Yahoo! Games Channel and will be promoted across Yahoo!'s European network, including the Yahoo! homepage.

The games company already has similar agreements with other large online publishers and portals, including MSN.co.uk and MSN's German and Swedish sites, and Lycos Europe.

Midasplayer.com chief operating officer Toby Rowland says: "This agreement means that we have secured the majority of large distribution partners in Europe."

Midasplayer.com has developed a pan European platform, which lets registered users pay to compete against each other online in relatively simple games of Skill. The company has 17 games in its portfolio, and runs over 3 million games a month, in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Swedish, using pounds, cures, Swedish kroner or dollars.

Rowland stresses that Midasplayer.com games feature no element of chance and hence are not considered to be gambling, so avoiding the need to adhere to gambling regulations.

He says the majority of Midas player.com garners are women, who "haven't really bought in to games that take 12 hours to play".

Pakistan: Suicide bomb plot foiled near capital days after deadly embassy attack

Pakistan has foiled a major terror plot, seizing three bomb-laden vehicles and arresting three suspected suicide attackers near the capital just days after an al-Qaida-claimed assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said.

Authorities tightened security Friday near the enclave where most foreign diplomatic missions in Islamabad are located.

The U.S. Embassy strongly advised Americans to limit nonessential movement in the city and nearby Rawalpindi.

An Internet posting Thursday, purportedly from al-Qaida in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for Monday's bombing outside the Danish Embassy that killed six people.

The terror group threatened to "rain" more attacks on countries where cartoons are published of the Prophet Muhammad. The images carried in various Danish and other Western newspapers over the past three years have sparked periodic unrest in the Muslim world.

Late Thursday, police and intelligence agents in Rawalpindi, about seven miles (12 kilometers) from Islamabad, arrested about six suspects including three suicide bombers, officials said.

The authorities seized three vehicles laden with more than 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of explosives, said Rao Mohammed Iqbal, the deputy inspector-general of Rawalpindi police.

"They (the suspects) had very destructive designs. They wanted to create mayhem on a wide scale," city police chief Nasir Durrani told The Associated Press.

He said that the arrested men were Pakistanis and that their targets included the camp office in Rawalpindi of President Pervez Musharraf, a longtime U.S. ally in its war on terror.

Durrani said authorities were still investigating whether the suspects had intended to target foreign embassies. He did not identify them or say whether they were affiliated to al-Qaida or any other militant group.

Pakistani officials have said Monday's attack was launched by a suicide attacker in a car equipped with fake diplomatic registration plates. They have not identified the attacker.

It was the deadliest strike against Denmark since the publication of cartoons' first sparked unrest in early 2006. In February this year, Danish papers reprinted one drawing of Muhammad in a bomb-shaped turban, stirring more anger.

In Thursday's purported claim of responsibility, an al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed, said the embassy bombing was carried out by an al-Qaida martyr with help from Pakistani militants. He threatened more violence.