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'''Colleen R. LaRose''', who also used the |
'''Colleen R. LaRose''', who also used the names '''[[Jihad]] Jane''' and '''Fatima LaRose''', (born {{Birth based on age as of date|46|2010|3|9}} in Michigan) is a woman from [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]], in the [[Philadelphia]] suburbs, who was [[charged]] on March 9, 2010, in federal court with trying to recruit [[Islamic terrorist]]s to murder Swedish artist [[Lars Vilks]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/WN/TheLaw/colleen-larose-jihad-jane-indicted-charges-helping-terrorists/story?id=10055608]</ref> |
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The Swedish cartoonist had depicted the prophet [[Muhammad]] atop the body of a dog.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/us/10pennsylvania.html|title=Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist|last=Savage|first=Charles|date=March 9, 2010|work=New York Times|accessdate=10 March 2010}}</ref> An [[al-Qaeda]]-linked group had put a $100,000 [[bounty]] on his head for the cartoon, which it view as insulting to Islam.<ref name="nyt"/> |
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Her indictment charged that she linked up with militants outside the U.S. through the internet, and plotted to carry out a murder.<ref name="nyt"/> |
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Her indictment charged that she linked up with militants outside the U.S. through the internet, and plotted to carry out a murder.<ref name="nyt"/> It said that in mid-2008, LaRose began posting her desire to help Muslims on YouTube and other Internet sites.<ref name="nyt"/> By early 2009, she was exchanging e-mail messages expressing her desire to become a martyr for an Islamist cause.<ref name="nyt"/> |
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LaRose is the only American woman in recent years to have been charged in the United States with terrorist violations and attempting to foment a terror conspiracy to kill someone overseas. <ref name="MSNBC1">{{cite news |title=Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35783549/ns/us_news-security/ |publisher= ''[[MSNBC]]'' / ''[[Associated Press]]'' |date= May 9, 2010| author =[[Pete Williams (journalist)|Williams, Pete]] }} </ref> |
LaRose is the only American woman in recent years to have been charged in the United States with terrorist violations and attempting to foment a terror conspiracy to kill someone overseas. <ref name="MSNBC1">{{cite news |title=Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35783549/ns/us_news-security/ |publisher= ''[[MSNBC]]'' / ''[[Associated Press]]'' |date= May 9, 2010| author =[[Pete Williams (journalist)|Williams, Pete]] }} </ref> |
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Revision as of 06:19, 10 March 2010
Colleen R. LaRose, who also used the names Jihad Jane and Fatima LaRose, (born 1963 or 1964 (age 60–61) in Michigan) is a woman from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia suburbs, who was charged on March 9, 2010, in federal court with trying to recruit Islamic terrorists to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks.[1]
The Swedish cartoonist had depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog.[2] An al-Qaeda-linked group had put a $100,000 bounty on his head for the cartoon, which it view as insulting to Islam.[2]
Her indictment charged that she linked up with militants outside the U.S. through the internet, and plotted to carry out a murder.[2] It said that in mid-2008, LaRose began posting her desire to help Muslims on YouTube and other Internet sites.[2] By early 2009, she was exchanging e-mail messages expressing her desire to become a martyr for an Islamist cause.[2]
LaRose is the only American woman in recent years to have been charged in the United States with terrorist violations and attempting to foment a terror conspiracy to kill someone overseas. [3]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Savage, Charles (March 9, 2010). "Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist". New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ Williams, Pete (May 9, 2010). "Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists". MSNBC / Associated Press.
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