College in India may have been suspects’ target
By The Associated Press
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Published: November 4, 2009
CHICAGO — Two Chicago men charged with scheming to launch a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper also discussed an attack on a military college in India, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Prosecutors made the allegation in court papers as
U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan prepared for a hearing to consider release of one of the men,
Tahawwura Rana, on bond.
Prosecutors said Rana discussed with the other man charged,
David Headley, the possibility of an attack on the
National Defense College of India. The court papers did not provide more information.
The document also said that Rana, who operates a Chicago immigration service, discussed the possibility of slipping people into the country illegally with an unnamed individual in a
Pakistan-based terrorist organization.
Charges accusing the two men of plotting to attack Danish newspaper
Jyllands-Posten were unsealed last week by federal prosecutors.
The newspaper sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world in 2005 by publishing 12 cartoons depicting the
Prophet Muhammad. Muslims considered the cartoons extremely disrespectful. Prosecutors have said Headley, whose former name was Daood Gilani, envisioned a plan to murder the cartoonist and the newspaper’s former cultural editor.
Defense attorney
Patrick Blegen has said that Rana — a Canadian national born in Pakistan and grocery store owner on Chicago’s north side — was merely an innocent dupe of Headley .
Headley’s attorney has said he has no comment on the case.
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