MORE ADVENTURES IN MULTICULTURALISM - AT 7:38 P.M. ET:  Now please, let's not get all judgmental about this.  People are entitled to their own narratives.  From Fox:

A Pennsylvania woman known to authorities as "JihadJane" has been charged in federal court with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters to carry out murders and violent attacks overseas.

The woman, Colleen R. LaRose, was charged 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, according to the indictment, unsealed Monday.

Sources tell Fox News the "Swedish citizen" who "JihadJane" was allegedly looking to kill is Lars Vilks, who drew one of the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons. There was a series of arrests in Ireland earlier Tuesday that are reportedly connected to LaRose's case.

In September of 2007 Al Qaeda offered a bounty for the murder of Viks.

LaRose and five unindicted co-conspirators are accused of recruiting men to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe and of recruiting women who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe for similar missions.

The accused co-conspirators are located in South Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the United States.

"Today's indictment ... underscores the evolving nature of the threat we face," said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division.

COMMENT:  There is very little information about JihadJane available.  Her name would seem to indicate that she is of American, rather than Middle Eastern origin.  JihadJane conjures up images of World War II, with Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose.  I suspect her name is also a takeoff on GI Jane, the female equivalent of GI Joe. 

March 9, 2010