2 Chicago men accused of plotting terrorist acts
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/10/2-chicago-men-accused-of-plotting-terrorist-acts.html
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7084927
-- "Terrorism-related charges were filed against two Chicago men today, accusing them of plotting against targets in Western Europe, including 'facilities and employees' of a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked riots in the Muslim world."
-- "Charged are David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48."
-- "Headley was described as an American citizen who changed his name from Daood Gilani. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts involving murder and maiming outside the U.S. and one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the conspiracy, according to a release from the U.S. attorney's office."
-- "Rana, a native of Canada, was charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign conspiracy involving Headley and three other individuals."
-- "Both men remain in federal custody, officials said."
-- "Federal officials said there was 'no imminent danger in the Chicago area,' and added that the charges are not related to recent terror plot arrests in Boston, New York, Colorado, Texas and central Illinois."
2 Chicago men accused of plotting terror attacks
-- AP reports "2 Chicago men accused of plotting terror attacks":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_chicago_terrorism_charges
-- Feds: Chicago men planned to attack Danish paper
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_terrorism_charges_9
--- "Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing charges against the men."
--- "David Coleman Headley, 49, took trips to Denmark in January and July to conduct surveillance on possible targets, including the Copenhagen and Aarhus offices of the Jylands-Posten newspaper, prosecutors said in criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, helped arrange Headley's travel, prosecutors said."
--- "Danish authorities said there could be further arrests."
--- "According to U.S. prosecutors, Headley told FBI agents after his Oct. 3 arrest at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport that the initial plan called for attacks on the newspaper's offices, but that he later proposed just killing the paper's former cultural editor and the cartoonist behind the drawings, which triggered outrage throughout the Muslim world."
--- "Headley, a U.S. citizen who changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006, is charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts involving murder and maiming outside the United States. He could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. He was arrested as he boarded a flight to Philadelphia, the first leg of a trip to Pakistan."
--- "Headley and Rana are each charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorism conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Rana was arrested Oct. 18 in his home."
--- "Headley's attorney, John Theis, said he would have no comment. Rana's attorney, Patrick Blegen, said that his client 'is a well respected businessman in the Chicagoland community.'"
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