Jihad Jane

[LivnForChrist]

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer
– Thu Mar 11, 2010

PHILADELPHIA – Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father
in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.

But online, federal authorities say, the devoted caretaker developed a daring alter ego,
refashioning herself as "Jihad Jane" while helping recruit and finance Muslim terrorists —
and eventually moving overseas to try to kill an artist she perceived as an enemy to Islam.

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[Sean Osborne]

By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director

10 March 2010: A four-count indictment issued against Colleen Renee LaRose, 46, formerly of 429 Main Street, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania was unsealed yesterday by federal authorities in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The indictment charges LaRose with one count each of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft. The indictment also references five other co-conspirators, including one who resides in the U.S., although none of the five were identified by name.

LaRose came to the attention of federal authorities in 2008, when she allegedly began using the internet to solicit financial and material support to wage Jihad, or holy Islamic war against the West. Using the internet pseudonyms “JihadJane” and “Fatima Rose,” LaRose posted on Islamic internet forums, YouTube and FaceBook in an attempt to befriend and rally like-minded Muslims to her cause. She expressed her desire to advance Islamic holy war and become a shahed, or martyr for Islam. Others living within and outside of the U.S. answered her calls, and she began to put her alleged murderous plans into action.

Her online activities abruptly stopped she was arrested by federal authorities in on October 15, 2009, on charges of transferring a stolen U.S. passport to a co-conspirator. Following her arrest, she was incarcerated at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia where she currently remains.

The indictment released Tuesday offers only a limited glimpse into the activities and ambitions of Colleen LaRose. Her path to “Islamic jihad” is neither exclusive nor exceptional, despite her U.S. citizenship and decidedly Western appearance. In fact, the case of Colleen LaRose can be an example of an emerging breed of Islamic terrorists and a template illustrating the developing threat posed by an ideology motivated by hatred.

The road to jihad

Diminutive at 4’11” tall, with dark blond hair and green eyes, Colleen Renee LaRose most recently lived in a second-floor apartment at this four-unit brick apartment house in the town of Pennsburg, (image below) a rural community located north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She resided there with her cats and for a time with a boyfriend and his ill father after living in San Angelo, Texas for several years.



In Texas, she lived at 305 N. Schroeder Avenue, San Angelo, with her husband Rudolpho CAVAZOS until her divorce in 1998, although maintained that surname as well as other aliases and variations of her name. In 1997, she was convicted of a class B misdemeanor for passing a bad check. According to court records, an open warrant still exists for her in the state of Texas stemming from that case. She was also convicted of driving under the influence.

LaRose reportedly converted to Islam as a result of her relationship with a male companion. Over the last few years, she began to become active in Islamic forums and web sites, embracing the ideology while living a rather unremarkable life and blending with the landscape of suburban sprawl in America.

Information obtained exclusively by this investigator from a federal source involved in this investigation provided insight into LaRose’s path from an American suburbanite to alleged terrorist, as well as the ensuing investigation leading to her indictment.

In June 2008, LaRose posted an entry on the internet site YouTube under the pseudonym “JihadJane,” writing that she wanted to help the “suffering Muslim people.” Following the posting of the video and her statement, federal agents began and maintained surveillance of the video and postings, including LaRose’s writiings.

It was not until December 2008 that the posting by LaRose received a response by a co-conspirator in “a south Asian county” who expressed a desire to also wage jihad and become a martyr. It is relevant to note that the lapse between June and December 2008 was caused, in part, by self-proclaimed “cyber vigilantes” intent on “taking down” such postings to “fight against jihad.” Those activities also caused interruptions of proactive monitoring of the seditious activity by federal intelligence officials – an issue coincidently addressed in this article by this author.

From December 2008 through March 2009, LaRose communicated via the internet with other Muslim terrorists and supporters, arranging for financing, training and travel to advance Islamic jihad. One of the communications between LaRose and an unidentified co-conspirator referenced the plan for LaRose to marry the co-conspirator to secure his residency in a European country. Meanwhile, LaRose sought information from the Swedish Embassy, inquiring how to obtain permanent residency status in Sweden.

Also in March, LaRose reportedly received instructions to travel to Sweden for the alleged purpose of murdering an individual there. In a series of communications on March 22, 2009 between LaRose and a co-conspirator and Islamic terrorist identified as CC#3 in the indictment, CC#3 directed LaRose to murder an individual in Sweden, killing him “in a way that the whole Kufar [non-believer] world would get frightened.”

Based on a confirmation received by this author from a federal source, her mission was to murder Lars Vilks, an artist who drew a picture of the head of Muhammed on the body of a dog. That depiction of Muhammed angered Muslims throughout Europe, much like the Danish cartoon controversy. LaRose agreed to do so, writing “I will make this my goal till I achieve it or die trying,” according to the indictment.

On August 23, 2009, LaRose allegedly stole the passport from the male with whom she resided, removed the hard drive from her computer in an attempt to conceal her plans, and embarked on her journey to Europe. Later that month, she she traveled to Europe “with the intent to live and train with jihadists” and to “find and kill” Vilks. Within two weeks, she joined an online community hosted by Vilks and eventually moved into Vilks’ artist enclave in Sweden.

For the next few weeks, LaRose waited for final authorization from her terrorist contacts. On September 25, 2009, she reportedly received a communication stating that “The brothers are ready,” and a request that she send money to her contact in Somalia, reportedly a member of the al Shabaab terrorist organization. In a follow-up communication five days later, LaRose stated that she considered it “an honor and great pleasure to die or kill” for her terrorist contact, adding that “only death will stop me here that I am so close to the target,” according to the indictment.

LaRose never executed her plan to murder Vilks, and federal officials are not releasing additional information about the events that followed, citing the ongoing nature of this investigation and additional pending arrests. What is clear is that LaRose traveled back to the U.S. in the days that followed, and was arrested by federal officials in Philadelphia on October 15, 2009.

What is also clear is that LaRose is not the only American being motivated to Islamic jihad. The road to jihad is a busy one, and until the West understands and acts upon the peril we face, there will many others answering the call to jihad.

[Adopted Son]

All people who feel rejected can realize they were chosen to replace the original wedding feast guests (Hebrews). It is a great honor. It is an amazing gift. It is freely offered to all non-Jews. This is especially true of all Semites descended from Ishmael. They felt rejected by the same God, not hearing how He promised a great nation of Ishmael's bloodline. It took centuries of feeling bad, for an educated person such as Mohamed to study the scriptures and re-direct (re-write history, and presumably it's direction going forward) the rejected people through a religion named Islam. The Koran, was a deliberate twisting of facts and prophesy to favor the Ishmaelic people to think of themselves as a chosen race after all.

Watch who is not organically Ishmaelic, yet find solace in the Moslem religion. Rejected people. Rather than accept the invitation of the Father of the Groom, these people want a different father and different groom.
God's word to them is this: Reject Him and live in evil, but you are still welcome until the time for the feast has come. After that time, you have chosen your own, permanent path.

[Sean Osborne]

... an educated person such as Mohamed to study the scriptures...

Begging your pardon Adopted Son, but Muhammed did not study the scriptures. He was completely illiterate - could neither read nor write.

This not-well-known fact lies at the core of the satanic deception that is Islam. Mohammed had the Satanic Verses of the Qur'an DICTATED to him by a demonic spirit in the Cave of Hira. Muslim's further expounded on this lie by falsely claiming that demonic spirit was the angel Gabriel.

We know this claim is false because whenever the angel Gabriel appeared before a human being the first thing he said to the person was "be not afriad." In Muhammed encounter the demonic spirit repeatedly choked him, and so terrorized him to take the dictation.

I would suggest reading THIS PAGE and THIS PAGE to learn more about this from a former-Muslim and current Christian Pastor, Dr. Labib Mikhail.

If you like those pages, then here is the MAINPAGE for more material.

This website is dedicated to informing the public about the religion of Islam from a Christian perspective. It primarily contains the writings and videos of renowned Biblical and Islamic scholar, Dr. Labib Mikhail. Dr. Labib is a former professor of homiletics from the Faith Mission Bible College in Cairo, Egypt. He is a television speaker, journalist and has authored more than 60 books. For 42 years, Dr. Labib was the editor of the Good News Magazine and has pastored the Evangelical Bible Church in Fairfax, Virginia. He has a humble heart and a wealth of knowledge about the differences between Christianity and Islam.

[mikalikat]

I am fascinated by the brains of these people. I understand they are under demonic persuasion and possession, but what makes people come to the point where they HATE this country? I simply cannot understand that mindset.

[Sean Osborne]

mikalikat,

You (and all others who are similarly perplexed) would understand the Islamic mindset and the root cause of why they HATE if you understood Islam (submission to allah), and its teachings (Ahadith). People within are taught from a very early age to hate everything which is non-Islamic. To the Muslim there are only two geographical places in this world. Those lands which are under islamic rule (Dar-al-Islam) and those places which lie outside of Islamic control (Dar-al-Harb - The Land of War). The links I posted above can provide keen insight into why the Islamic mind is the way it is.

[mikalikat]

I'm not just talking about the muslims, but Americans born and bred. How can one hate a country which gives them so much? I just have never understand that lunacy.

[Sean Osborne]

I'm not just talking about the muslims, but Americans born and bred. How can one hate a country which gives them so much? I just have never understand that lunacy.

sister mikalikat,

Colleen Renee LaRose, a/k/a Jihad Jane and numerous other aliases, is an American who converted to Islam several years ago through the Islamic proselytization efforts of a Muslim boyfriend. That's the source and the connection to the hatred she has in her heart for America. She was a bad apple before Islam - drug use, misdemeanor criminal offenses, driving under the influence etcetra, but it was her conversion to Islam that caused her hatred and willingness to wage Jihad for allah.

[Adopted Son]

[QUOTE=Sean Osborne;203435]Begging your pardon Adopted Son, but Muhammed did not study the scriptures. He was completely illiterate - could neither read nor write.

This not-well-known fact lies at the core of the satanic deception that is Islam. Mohammed had the Satanic Verses of the Qur'an DICTATED to him by a demonic spirit in the Cave of Hira. Muslim's further expounded on this lie by falsely claiming that demonic spirit was the angel Gabriel.

Ok, thanks Sean. But I am a little conflicted over the new information. If he was illerate & couldn't read or write, then when the demonic spirit dictated the Koran to him, how did he record it?

[micah719]

It was passed down orally and finally written down about 300 years afterwards. However, the way it was compiled and edited raises great doubts...for instance, there have been discoveries of discarded manuscipts that show great differences, and also the final form we know of today is arranged by the length of the verses. Hmmm, not very confidence-inspiring, especially when compared to the amazingly meticulous way the Holy Scriptures were guarded by the Jews, and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has provided an irrefutable proof that the Masoretic Text of the OT we have today is pure. The New Testament text is also so well represented by the multitude of copies and quotes that we can have absolute confidence that we have the Scriptures uncorrupted and complete...a "user-manual" straight from the Manufacturer. As you would expect from Infinite Intelligence communicating with beings made in His image, He has made it intelligible even to our now fallen minds, but only with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. Oh what treasures are hidden in His Word...

[Sean Osborne]

[QUOTE=Adopted Son;203559]

Ok, thanks Sean. But I am a little conflicted over the new information. If he was illerate & couldn't read or write, then when the demonic spirit dictated the Koran to him, how did he record it?

Muhammed was forced to memorize the words. He then dictated what the demonic spirit had said to him to others. Initially this was a relative of his wife Khadiga, an Annuit pagan cult priest named Waraka ibn-Nawfal. Waraka ibn-Nawfal was the one who proclaimed Muhammed a prophet of al-lah, one of the multiple pagan deities of Arabia circa 600 AD. Islam was a purely oral set of beliefs until well after Muhammed died. Muhammed had nothing to do with the actual writting of the qur'an.

[Creationastro]

I'm not just talking about the muslims, but Americans born and bred. How can one hate a country which gives them so much? I just have never understand that lunacy.

Nor can we. The older I get the more I realize that sin cannot be rationalized. Jihad Jane has simply chosen the wrong path. I pray that her son is placed with someone who will give him a good Christian upbringing, but I fear there will be a decision to make sure he continues his muslim upbringing.

Randy