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.
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez (31) originally from Colorado, was among seven men and women detained in Ireland after an investigation into a conspiracy to kill a cartoonist, whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog were printed in a Swedish newspaper in 2007.
She was released without charge last month but was arrested by anti-terrorism agents after flying back to the US yesterday.
The plot to assassinate the cartoonist was allegedly masterminded by a self-styled "Jihad Jane", Pennsylvania caretaker Colleen LaRose.
US prosecutors claim Ms LaRose (46) and Ms Paulin-Ramirez separately travelled to Europe to support violent holy war.
Court papers suggest once Ms LaRose was in Europe, she invited the other woman to join her to attend a "training camp".
According to the prosecutors Ms Paulin-Ramirez accepted the invitation and travelled to Europe with her six-year-old son last September.
On the day of her arrival, she allegedly married a co-conspirator who she had known only from online discussions.
PA