The domestic muslim terrorist who called herself 'Jihad Jane' today pled guilty to charges of plotting to kill the Danish cartoonists who drew the abominable islamic prophet mohamud.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/02/jihad-jane-pleads-guilty-cartoonist-murderA woman from surburban America who went by the online nickname of Jihad Jane has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims by drawing the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog.
Colleen LaRose, 47, from the small Pennsylvanian town of Pennsburg, faces possible life in prison and a $1m fine after she changed her plea to guilty yesterday. She had teamed up with a group of conspirators seeking to kill the cartoonist Lars Vilks, and in internet exchanges had vowed to become a martyr.
In a court in Philadelphia, LaRose spoke only to confirm she was in sound mind and had voluntarily entered her plea. She pled guilty to conspiracy to murder in a foreign country, lying to investigators about international terrorism and attempted identity theft.
The prosecution of LaRose is one of the most high-profile examples of a recent spate of American citizens who have engaged in terrorist or jihadist activities. It points to the power of the internet as a recruiting ground for al-Qaida affiliate groups.
In her case, she appeared to become drawn to Muslim extremist causes as a result of spending hours surfing the web. In June 2008 she posted a video on YouTube in which she said she was "desperate to do something somehow to help" lessen the suffering of Muslims.
That drew her to the attention of jihadists in South Asia and Europe and she was encouraged to join them in Europe to take part in the attempt to track down and kill Vilks. Al-Qaida had placed a bounty of $100,000 on Vilks's head.
LaRose took up the pseudonym of Jihad Jane or Fatima LaRose in a series of internet conversations with other jihadists, all of which were carefully monitored by the FBI who were on her trail long before she was arrested. She also began to wear a Muslim headdress in internet photographs.
Among her co-conspirators was another American woman, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez from Colorado, who was allegedly recruited by LaRose. Paulin-Ramirez, who is pleading not-guilty, was arrested in Ireland in a group of seven alleged would-be terrorists linked to LaRose.
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