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Chicago Men Busted in Danish Terror Plot

Pair accused of plot to attack paper that printed Mohammed cartoons

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(Newser) – Two Chicago men have been charged with conspiring to attack the Danish newspaper that enraged many Muslims by printing cartoons of Mohammed in 2005. Suspect Daniel Coleman Headley, a US citizen who grew up in Pakistan, has "very extensive contacts with leading militant extremists in Pakistan," an official said, and traveled to Denmark twice this year researching plans to attack the Jyllands-Posten paper and kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.

The plan—codenamed the "Mickey Mouse Project"—was hatched in collaboration with an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Pakistan, reports the New York Times. Investigators in the US and Denmark say that the plan was serious, but not imminent. Headley and the other man, a fellow graduate of a Pakistani military school who is accused of providing material support to terrorism, are in federal custody.

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, owner of this grocery store on Chicago's Devon Avenue, was charged yesterday in connection with a plot to attack a Danish newspaper.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, owner of this grocery store on Chicago's Devon Avenue, was charged yesterday in connection with a plot to attack a Danish newspaper.   (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard sits in the offices of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Aarhus, Denmark, yesterday.
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard sits in the offices of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Aarhus, Denmark, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Polfoto,)
FBI agents raided this Illinois farm supplying halal meat as part of the probe into the alleged terror plot.
FBI agents raided this Illinois farm supplying halal meat as part of the probe into the alleged terror plot.   (AP Photo/The Herald News, Liz Wilkinson Allen)
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cochiserocks
Oct 28, 09 6:33 AM CDT
I wish they'd go after Gary Larson - his stuff just isn't funny enough anymore, and anyway he's retired. Hope they give Frank Miller a miss though, love his work. Man, these days, everyone's a critic! Reply
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Thinker
Oct 28, 09 6:50 AM CDT
Man, these days, your comments are really irrelevant.
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cochiserocks
Oct 28, 09 7:22 AM CDT
Do yourself a favour and find yourself another target thinker...I don't do school yard.
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yoeydude
Oct 28, 09 6:46 AM CDT
like Chicago needs anymore P.R. Reply
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BlueAyez
Oct 28, 09 9:15 AM CDT
I wonder why we didn't hear these stories a few years back? Was it because they didn't catch anyone or are these US based terrorist wannabes a new phenomenon? Reply
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