Lonely-heart terrorists
Irish authorities recently arrested Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old white, American female, in connection with a plot to kill Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog in 2007. Mrs. Paulin-Ramirez, quickly dubbed "Jihad Jamie," was arrested less than a week after authorities named Colleen LaRose, the self-described "Jihad Jane," in an indictment on similar charges. Ms. LaRose, a 46-year-old white woman with whom Mrs. Paulin-Ramirez allegedly corresponded, was charged with plotting to kill the same cartoonist and with recruiting jihadists over the Internet.
Of the threads connecting these two cases, similarities in name, demographic and choice of target are perhaps the most readily apparent.… Seguir leyendo »