Colleen R. LaRose faces a life sentence if she is convicted of the most serious charges, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia said. They include conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and to kill in a foreign country.

U.S. Attorney Michael Levy released little information about LaRose, saying only that she was born in 1963 and lives in Montgomery County in the Philadelphia suburbs. Levy said she was also known as Fatima LaRose and as Jihad Jane.

The indictment said LaRose conspired with five unindicted and unidentified men to use the Internet to find and recruit men willing to carry out terrorist acts in South Asia and Europe. They also allegedly sought women who had passports and would be able to to travel to help the fighters.

LaRose herself agreed to carry out a killing in Sweden, prosecutors said. Her alleged target was a Swedish citizen.

Investigators say she discussed how her appearance would make the job easier.