Well, a sillier terrorist plot could be imagined, but the tale of Jihad Jane is right up there!
In a nutshell, she plotted to kill an unidentified Swedish man and provided material support to terrorists, in the form of some fundraising, an arranged marriage and the theft of a passport.
These terrorists may or may not have been the group recently arrested in Ireland for plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist who drew Mohammad as a dog.
Yes, it’s that ridiculous.
But for the authorities, Jihad Jane’s a godsend. Now that terrorists are recruiting hapless Americans to their cause, we can at last justify the billions spent tracking down a handful of very marginal people.
Gorilla says: “What about Tarzan? Didn’t I see him buying Saga Blue the other day?”
Tags: terrorism