US 'Jihad Jane' linked to plot to kill cartoonist

An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" was charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, government sources told CNN.

The woman, named as Colleen LaRose was arrested in Philadelphia on October 15th 2009, but he involvement was confirmed by US authorities only hours after Irish police arrested seven people accused of plotting to kill the Swedish artist, who courted controversy in 2007 for for drawing cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad as a dog.

In her indictment released by the US Justice Department on Tuesday it is shown that LaRose faces charges of "conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft."

Over the course of at least a year, she is alleged to have used the internet to recruit men in South Asia, Europe and the United States for terror attacks.

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