Posted on 10/27/2009 10:11:06 AM PDT by La Lydia
U.S. prosecutors accused two men in Chicago of plotting with a Pakistani terror group to carry out an attack on a Danish newspaper that in 2005 printed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Criminal complaints filed by federal prosecutors against David Coleman Headley, a 49-year-old U.S. citizen, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, a Pakistani native with Canadian citizenship, alleged that the men plotted with members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group in Pakistan to carry out unspecified attacks on the offices of Jyllands-Posten in Denmark.
Headley was arrested Oct. 3 as he prepared to board a flight on a planned trip to Pakistan, and Rana was arrested Oct. 18 at his Chicago home, according to the complaints. The complaints against the men, made public Tuesday, were sealed by a federal judge after the arrests while investigators continued their probe. Each faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of charges of providing material support to terrorism...
According to the criminal complaints, Headley allegedly identified and conducted surveillance of potential targets on two separate trips to Denmark in January and July 2009, and reported and attempted to report on his efforts to others involved in the plot in Pakistan. Rana helped arrange Headley's travels overseas and discussed potential attack targets with Mr. Headley, according to the allegations in the complaint.
The published cartoons depicting Mohammed prompted protests by Muslims who said they were offensive.
In October 2008, Headley allegedly posted a message on an Internet discussion group saying of the published Danish cartoons: "I feel disposed towards violence for the offending parties" for "making fun of Islam."
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Muslims and terror plots?...........I’m shocked!/(sarc)
I think its a typo. They meant Methodists.
Climate change is the single greatest threat to mankind’s survial, ever. Concerns regarding Islamic terrorism originated from racism and were exploited by Dick Chaney to justify wars for oil.
Not a good thing. Why are these people in our country, and why are they traveling to Pakistan, which, last time I heard, was involved in a war with the Taliban? Unless they are going for training.
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