The updated list began surfacing on Twitter within hours of the Paris attack, shared by Twitter accounts commonly used for al-Qaeda propaganda. 'Horribly wrong': Salman Rushdie says Carey, a friend, is wrong to withdraw. Credit:Getty Images A total of 11 names appear on the latest version of the list, some of whom have had increased security detailing since the attack. Author Salman Rushdie, Danish journalist Flemming Rose and Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom Geert Wilders (spelled Girt on the hit list) are just some of the featured headshots.

Rushdie, who had a fatwa placed on him after the publication of his 1989 book The Satanic Verses, released a statement following the attack on Wednesday.

"Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry, becomes a real threat to our freedoms," he said.



"This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity." Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, whose security cover has been raised since the Paris attack. Credit:Reuters Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard also appears on the hit list. He created the image of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005. Responding to the Charlie Hebdo attacks Westergaard said he hoped the media world would not be scared. Kurt Westergaard, who caused outrage with his drawings of the prophet Muhammad in newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Credit:AFP

"It's very important not to be afraid but you have got to stand on these very valuable democratic principles on which our societies here in western Europe are based, so I hope we will not give in. You must not surrender the very important freedom of speech," he said. Also on the hit list is Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who said he had been offered extra protection since the shootings. "Yes, they have strengthened protection around me. They have taken different measures," Vilks told Reuters. Police continue to search for the suspected gunmen, brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, both French nationals in their early 30s. According to the account of one witness reported in the French media, one of the gunmen told onlookers in the street to "tell the media that this is al-Qaeda in Yemen" before launching the attack.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen changed its name to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) a few years ago, with the inclusion of terrorists from Saudi Arabia. The full hit list is: Stephane Charbonnier, Danish journalist and former Jyllands-Posten editor Carsten Luste, US pastor Terry Jones, Kurt Westergaard, Geert Wilders, Lars Vilks, Flemming Rose, Morris Swadiq and Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Molly Norris.