CHICAGO -- An attorney says friends and family of a Chicago man accused of taking part in a terrorist scheme to attack a Danish newspaper are willing to post $1 million in real estate and cash to win his release on bond.
Tahawwur (tuh-HAH'-wur) Hussain Rana is set to appear before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan for a bond hearing Tuesday.
Prosecutors contend he might flee if released.
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But defense attorney Patrick Blegen says six families in Chicago, New York, New Jersey and Texas are willing to post their homes to secure a bond. He also says supporters in Canada would put up enough cash to bring the total to $1 million.
Rana and another man are accused of taking part in a scheme to attack the newspaper because it outraged the Muslim world with cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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