Muhammad Cartoonist Saga Continues!

Muhammad Cartoonist Targeted
US Indicts Two for Plot to Attack Danish Newspaper

American law-enforcement authorities have arrested two men charged with preparing terrorist attacks against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that offended Muslims around the world in 2005 when it published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The cartoon artist was reportedly also a target.

A 49-year-old US national and a 48-year-old Canadian national are under arrest in Chicago on charges of preparing a terrorist attack against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper and other targets in Denmark. In 2005, the newspaper published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that offended Muslims across the world and sparked violent protests.

Those charged are reported to be David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48. The Chicago Tribune says that Headley is an American citizen who changed his name in 2006 from Daood Gilani. Headley is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts involving murder and maiming outside the United States and another count of conspiracy to provide material support to the conspiracy. In papers filed with the court, FBI officials said the two had met while attending school together in Pakistan.

Rana, who is a Canadian living legally in Chicago, is charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the foreign conspiracy involving Headley and three other individuals.