A Pennsylvania woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she was once obsessed with jihad.

The US woman terrorist nicknamed “Jihad Jane” has been jailed for 10 years for her part in a plot to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims.

The Pennsylvania woman who called herself Jihad Jane and a teenage accomplice from Maryland provided “very significant” assistance to US authorities in several terrorism investigations, but still remain a threat to the public, prosecutors say in new court filings.

An Algerian-born Irish citizen, wanted in the US on terrorism charges, planned for a group to train in explosives with al Qaeda to support terrorist attacks in the US and Europe, the High Court has heard.

A third person arrested as part of an Irish-American investigation into an alleged Islamic terror plot has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

A SECOND American woman who was arrested in Ireland last year as part of an Irish-US investigation into an Islamic plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

An American woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims.

THE woman who authorities say called herself “Jihad Jane” on YouTube, has pleaded guilty to plotting to wage violent jihad overseas.

An American woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" online has pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims.

An American woman arrested in Ireland in connection with the alleged “Jihad Jane” plot to murder a controversial cartoonist has been charged with terror-related offences in the US.

An American woman arrested in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to murder a controversial cartoonist was charged today with terror-related offences in the US.

The US woman terrorist suspect dubbed “Jihad Jane” pleaded not guilty to an overseas terrorist plot when she appeared in court today.

Three of seven Muslims detained over a suspected plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist have been released from custody.

Seven Muslims detained over a suspected plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist, allegedly masterminded by a self-styled “Jihad Jane”, were facing another three days of questioning today.

ONE of the few women in US history to be charged with terrorism has been linked to an Irish plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.

Heavily armed gunmen crashed a stolen tractor through the wall of a provincial prison in Haiti, freeing a former supporter of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and a host of criminals in Haiti’s second city.