« on: November 19, 2009, 09:46:19 AM »
Two Chicago men have been arrested by the FBI and charged with planning a terror attack on the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005.
Two Chicago men are charged with plotting terrorist attacks against overseas targets, including at the Danish newspaper that sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world by publishing cartoons by the cartoonist depicting the prophet Mohammed in 2005, prosecutors announced Tuesday. David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, were charged in separate complaints filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Prosecutors told ABC News.com the men were in direct contact with the leaders of militant groups connected to al Qaeda in Pakistan and last year's attacks on hotels in Mumbai, India.
One of the men, David Headley, 49, was arrested on Oct. 3 and has been held without public notice since then, according to prosecutors in Chicago. Headley, a U.S. citizen was described as a "white convert" to Islam, had an initial appearance in court on Oct. 11.
The second man, Tahawar Rana, was arrested on Oct. 18 and had his initial court appearance that day.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-angry-cartoon-prophet-fbi/story?id=8928521
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