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October 31, 2018
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Jihad
Jane's Recruiter Sentenced to 15 Years
by Abha Shankar • Oct 31, 2018 at
10:23 am
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An Algerian man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for conspiring
with Americans and others to recruit men and women in Europe and the United
States to a terrorist cell to wage violent jihad in the West.
Ali Charaf Damache, also known as
"Theblackflag," led the terrorist cell, some of whose members
intended to travel to South Asia to obtain explosives training and return
to Europe to carry out terror attacks. Damache, who was extradited from
Spain last year, pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to provide
material support to terrorists.
Damache enticed
Pennsylvania resident Colleen R. LaRose (a/k/a "Jihad Jane") and
Jamie Paulin Ramirez, who lived in Colorado, to travel to Ireland, live
with him and train for violent jihad. He also sought the help of
15-year-old Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a Pakistani citizen and U.S. permanent
resident, to recruit violent jihadists to the terrorist cell that planned
to train with al-Qaida for attacks in the West.
LaRose and Ramirez were regarded as "highly valuable recruits"
to Damache since they held American passports and could travel around
freely in the West. LaRose soon earned a reputation "as an aggressive
hard-working force and her American background and appearance rendered her
highly valuable to terrorists." She was tasked with killing Swedish
cartoonist Lars Vilks, who drew caricatures of Islam's prophet Muhammad.
She was instructed to carry out the murder in a way that would frighten "the whole Kufar [non-believer]
world."
LaRose and Damache traveled to Europe but were unable to reach Vilks,
who survived a separate attack and whose home was set on
fire.
LaRose was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the
conspiracy. Ramirez received an eight-year sentence on one count of providing material support to
terrorists.
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed LaRose was particularly valuable to Damache
because she was able to travel without arousing suspicion. She moved to
Ireland where she married Damache in an Islamic ceremony. Ramirez brought
her son to Ireland and train in violent jihad with Daamche. She also
videotaped her son talking with her about his desire to shoot
"kuffar" [non-believers].
Upon completing his prison sentence, Damache will be deported to
Ireland, where he is a citizen, or his country of origin Algeria.
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