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“An Awlaki Link for Jihad Jane?”
March 10, 2010, 12:21 pm

SNIPPET: “Internet postings provide much of the evidence against a Pennsylvania woman charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and to kill a Swedish target. Colleen LaRose, also known as “Jihad Jane,” is accused of using a YouTube account for jihad recruiting. Those YouTube pages have been taken down.

The Jawa Report, however, reports that LaRose had another YouTube account under the name “mzwiidkat.” That claim has not been corroborated. An Internet search, however, reveals that this same person is listed as a ‘friend’ on YouTube’s Anwar Awlaki Lectures Channel. Awlaki is the American-born cleric now living in Yemen and considered a charismatic influence over jihadis. Awlaki was in communication with Nidal Malik Hasan before the Fort Hood massacre and is suspected of encouraging failed Christmas Day airline bomber Umar Abdulmutallab.

The Jawa Report also discovered an account on another video site, Daily Motion, under the name FatimaLaRose, a name listed as an alias in the indictment. In addition, the account holder describes herself as a 46 year old woman, which is LaRose’s age.

LaRose’s icon on the Daily Motion site shows a black flag with SUPPORT OUR TROOPS above the Shahada, the Muslim testimony of faith, and an AK-47. As one Muslim extremist living in Canada has said, ‘”Support Our Troops” means supporting the mujahideen.

SNIPPET: “FatimaLaRose lists as her ‘favorites’ and her ‘playlist’ a disturbing list of videos, which are likely material to encourage those of pre-existing jihadist bent to engage in terrorism. These and similar videos often appear on terrorist and pro-terrorist websites. The videos show:”