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'JihadJane' Pleads Not Guilty

Terrorism

To participation in plot to kill Swedish cartoonist.

Will they count her handle as evidence against her? Colleen LaRose, the woman who called herself “JihadJane” online, pleaded not guilty to four terror-related charges on Thursday, despite the fact that she admitted to the FBI in October that she participated in a plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed. LaRose appeared in court in a green jumpsuit with her blond hair in cornrows; she was arrested after returning to the United States from Europe in 2009.

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