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| Jihad Jane to change plea to guilty | |
| 2011-01-29 | |
| Colleen LaRose, the woman known as "Jihad Jane" on YouTube, has changed her mind about fighting government charges that she was planning to wage jihad overseas. Her attorney said "she is going to plead guilty" at a hearing next week in a federal court in Philadelphia. LaRose was indicted on four counts, including conspiring to support terrorists and murder someone overseas. She is alleged to have been part of a plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. Five others were allegedly involved, but have not been named by the government. LaRose also also faces charges of lying to a federal agent and attempted identity theft. She faces a possible life sentence. A source says LaRose has been held in isolation from other prisoners since October of 2009. She spends 23 hours a day in her cell.
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania) said he's not surprised at her expected guilty plea. "She's probably not the cream of the terrorist crop....[but] one doesn't have to be very bright to carry out an attack. That's why we take every one of these folks very seriously." | |
| Posted by:ryuge |