Jihad Jane linked to plot to kill cartoonist

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.

Colleen R LaRose, or Jihad Jane as she calls herself, travelled to south of Ireland last autumn and is suspected of attempting to recruit people for the murder plot.

The self-styled jihadist was arrested and charged in the US in October while authorities there raised the alarm with gardaí about an alleged al Qaida-linked plot here to kill the controversial Swedish artist.