By KUNA,
Washington : An indictment was unsealed of charges against Colleen R. LaRose, known as Fatima LaRose and “Jihad Jane,” with “conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft,” the US Justice Department announced Tuesday evening.
The Justice Department indicated in a statement that the indictment charges that LaRose, an American citizen, and five “un-indicted co-conspirators”, who are located in “South Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States, 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.” The indictment further charges that LaRose and her un-indicted co-conspirators used the Internet “to establish relationships with one another and to communicate regarding their plans, which included martyring themselves, soliciting funds for terrorists, soliciting passports and avoiding travel restrictions … in order to wage violent jihad.” The indictment further charges that LaRose “stole another individual’s US passport and transferred or attempted to transfer it in an effort to facilitate an act of international terrorism.” If convicted of the charges against her, LaRose faces a potential sentence of life in prison and USD one million in fine.