National Defense College of India was target of Chicago terror plotters

An update to this post on the Chicago Muslims who plotted with al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri to attack the Danish cartoon publisher.

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 in the case, David Headley, the possibility of an attack on the National Defense College of India. The court papers did not provide more information on the alleged discussion and no other details were immediately available.

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 belonging to a Pakistan-based terrorist organization.

Charges that the two men plotted to attack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten were unsealed last week by federal prosecutors.

via Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India – AP Nation/World – Ledger-Enquirer.com.