Washington (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Colleen LaRose, known as "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima LaRose," has also been charged with making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft.
She was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 15, a law enforcement official said. No arraignment date has been set but will be soon, the official said.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, LaRose is being held at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia.
LaRose and five unindicted co-conspirators recruited men on the Internet "to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe, and recruited women on the Internet who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad," according to a Justice Department statement.
If convicted, LaRose faces a possible life prison sentence and a $1 million fine, the statement said.
Read the indictment (PDF)
LaRose and the co-conspirators, according to the statement, used the Internet to establish relationships with each another and develop plans "which included martyring themselves, soliciting funds for terrorists, soliciting passports and avoiding travel restrictions (through the collection of passports and through marriage) in order to wage violent jihad."
La Rose, the indictment claims, stole a U.S. passport at one point in order to "facilitate an act of international terrorism."
She received "a direct order to kill a citizen and resident of Sweden, and to do so in a way that would frighten 'the whole Kufar [non-believer] world.' "
LaRose agreed to conduct the murder, according to the Justice Department statement; she and the co-conspirators believed that "her appearance and American citizenship would help her blend in while carrying out her plans.
LaRose traveled to Europe and "tracked the intended target online in an effort to complete her task," the statement said.
LaRose, according to the Justice Department, was born in 1963 and lives outside Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The reason this caught my eye is 'cause she lives not too far from me. Not in the same county, but still...
Colleen LaRose, known as "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima LaRose," has also been charged with making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft.
She was arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 15, a law enforcement official said. No arraignment date has been set but will be soon, the official said.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, LaRose is being held at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia.
LaRose and five unindicted co-conspirators recruited men on the Internet "to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe, and recruited women on the Internet who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad," according to a Justice Department statement.
If convicted, LaRose faces a possible life prison sentence and a $1 million fine, the statement said.
Read the indictment (PDF)
LaRose and the co-conspirators, according to the statement, used the Internet to establish relationships with each another and develop plans "which included martyring themselves, soliciting funds for terrorists, soliciting passports and avoiding travel restrictions (through the collection of passports and through marriage) in order to wage violent jihad."
La Rose, the indictment claims, stole a U.S. passport at one point in order to "facilitate an act of international terrorism."
She received "a direct order to kill a citizen and resident of Sweden, and to do so in a way that would frighten 'the whole Kufar [non-believer] world.' "
LaRose agreed to conduct the murder, according to the Justice Department statement; she and the co-conspirators believed that "her appearance and American citizenship would help her blend in while carrying out her plans.
LaRose traveled to Europe and "tracked the intended target online in an effort to complete her task," the statement said.
LaRose, according to the Justice Department, was born in 1963 and lives outside Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The reason this caught my eye is 'cause she lives not too far from me. Not in the same county, but still...
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Pennsylvania woman tried to recruit terrorists
- 09/03/2010 10:17:55 PM
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When I read stuff like this, I tend to wonder "how did they find out?"
- 10/03/2010 06:59:20 AM
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