Americans shaken by Main Street USA’s Jihad Jane FEATURE 03/12/2010

Americans shaken by Main Street USA’s Jihad Jane FEATURE 03/12/2010 WASHINGTON — Shaken residents of a Philadelphia suburb expressed fear and concern after learning that their blond, blue-eyed neighbor secretly called herself “JihadJane” and planned global terror attacks. “It’s kinda scary they can get this close to home,” an elderly man who lived on the same street as LaRose told a local television station after “JihadJane” — real name Colleen LaRose — was indicted Tuesday for conspiring to support terrorists and to kill in a foreign country. Her former boyfriend told CNN that LaRose used to spend long hours on the Internet, and indictment papers listed a string of emails and online postings in which she allegedly said she wanted to become a martyr, and could use her European looks to “blend in with many people.”... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100312com7.html

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