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JIHAD WATCH.org (WALL STREET JOURNAL.org, March 13, 2010): "SECOND AMERICAN FEMALE CONVERT TO ISLAM ARRESTED IN PLOT TO KILL MOTOONIST" (SNIPPET: "Last Easter, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old mom with a $30,000-a-year job as a medical assistant, announced to her family that she had converted to Islam. A few months later, she began posting to Facebook forums whose headings included "STOP caLLing MUSLIMS TERRORISTS!" On Sept. 11, she suddenly left Leadville, Colo., a small town in the Rocky Mountains, for Denver, then for New York, to meet and marry a Muslim man she connected with online, her family says.") (March 12, 2010)
INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "IN PRAISE OF JAWAS..." (SNIPPET: "My best wishes to all concerned: job well done. That's one Little Blue AK for Jihad Jane, and one for each of her co-conspirators arrested in Ireland.") (March 12, 2010)
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MARK HUMPHRYS.com: "Islam in Ireland"
JUSTICE.gov/opa - Press Release: "PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN INDICTED IN PLOT TO RECRUIT VIOLENT JIHADIST FIGHTERS AND TO COMMIT MURDER OVERSEAS" (SNIPPET: "...charging Colleen R. LaRose, aka "Fatima LaRose," aka "Jihad Jane"...") (March 9, 2010)Indictment - Link
THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "YouTuber 'Jihad Jane' Indicted on Federal Terrmorsim Charges..." (March 9, 2010)
THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "JIHAD JANE: 'I won't quit til Islam dominates the world; I never want peace with these filthy bastards' - ANOTHER JAWA REPORT EXCLUSIVE" (March 11, 2010)
ABC NEWS.go.com (AP): Philadelphia - "PA. WOMAN ACCUSED OF RECRUITING JIHADISTS ONLINE Pa. Woman Accused of Recruiting Jihadists Online, Agreeing to Try to Kill Swedish Artist" (SNIPPET: "LaRose is a convert to Islam who actively recruited others, including at least one unidentified American, and her online messages expressed her willingness to become a martyr and her impatience to take action...") (March 9, 2010)BBC News: "IRISH ARRESTS OVER 'PLOT TO KILL SWEDISH CARTOONIST'" (SNIPPET: "The suspects ranged in age from their mid-20s to late-40s." SNIPPET: "RTE said those in custody were originally refugees from Morocco and Yemen...") (Page last updated March 9, 2010, 18:24)GUARDIAN.co.uk: "MUHAMMAD CARTOONIST HAD $100,000 BOUNTY ON HEAD Lars Vilks's sketches drew a furious reaction from Muslim groups and countries, and death threats from al-Qaida" by Matthew Weaver and agencies (March 9, 2010, 16:39 GMT)Link
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INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "AN AWLAKI LINK FOR JIHAD JANE?" (March 10, 2010, 12:21pm)
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THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "ABC: 'NET POSSE TRACKED 'JIHAD JANE' FOR THREE YEARS" (March 11, 2010)
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STARCMC - blog: "COLLEEN LAROSE: YOUTUBE'S HOMEGROWN TERRORIST" -Posted by StarCMC (SNIPPET: "News came this afternoon of the arrest of Colleen LaRose. That real-life name is synonymous with these YouTube screennames: " SNIPPET: "That's a heck of a lot of YouTube accounts -- and these are only the ones we know about.") (March 9, 2010)
CNN.com: "JIHAD JANE, AMERICAN WHO LIVED ON MAIN STREET" (SNIPPET: "LaRose is also linked to the online organization Revolutionmuslim.com -- where she was a subscriber, again using the name Jihad Jane. The site is run by an American Muslim who has called the Army psychiatrist accused of a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, a hero.") (March 10, 2010, 3:30 p.m. EST)Link
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COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "'JIHOBBYISTS' NO MORE: ENGLISH-SPEAKING WESTERN JIHADISTS COMING OF AGE" by Evan Kohlmann (March 11, 2010)
CBS NEWS.com: Washington - "...Blond-Haired, Blue-Eyed American Who Took Name "Jihad Jane" on Web Represents a Vexing Problem for U.S. Anti-Terror Agencies" by Bob Orr (SNIPPET: "The Internet is filled with Web sites and videos promoting Jihad and bloggers, many based in the U.S., looking for recruits. On Wednesday CBS News researcher Khaled Wassef scrolled through a long list. "It would not be an exaggeration if I said that there are at least dozens of bloggers operating from the United States," Wassef said.") (March 10, 2010)*
Thanks, I hadn’t yet gone down far enough to see that thread. Strange story. Why is the US suddenly full of nutty, disaffected females rushing to enslave themselves to Islam?