Monday, January 6, 2014

U.S. woman known as Jihad Jane sentenced to 10 years in plot


Handout photo of Colleen LaRose, known by the self-created pseudonym of "Jihad Jane"

 

 Colleen LaRose, known by the self-created pseudonym of "Jihad Jane", is pictured in this photo released by Site Intelligence Group on March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Site Intelligence Group/Handout
        
      PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An American-born woman who calls herself Jihad Jane was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday for a failed al Qaeda-linked plot to kill a Swedish artist who had depicted the Prophet Mohammad's head on a dog.    
Colleen R. LaRose, 50, who could have received a life sentence, has given authorities significant help in other terrorism cases since her 2009 arrest, prosecutors said.
(Reporting by John Shiffman; editing by Bill Trott and Doina Chiacu)
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