Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

Chapter Four: Special Report: Jane’s Jihad: confessions, jail and unwavering faith

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Published December 10, 2012, in Colleen LaRose, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

By John Shiffman

In this exclusive four-part serial narrative, Reuters reconstructs the story of Colleen LaRose, the American woman whom authorities call the new face of terrorism.

To read the previous three chapters, click here for Chapter One,  Chapter Two, and Chapter Three. 

By John Shiffman

(Reuters) – When the flight from London landed in Philadelphia on October 15, 2009, the pilot asked everyone to stay seated. A passenger was ill, he explained, and paramedics needed the aisles clear.

It didn’t take long for passengers to realize the ruse. Federal agents entered the plane and made straight for the short woman in a full burka.

Colleen LaRose, the woman who called herself Jihad Jane, didn’t resist when they handcuffed her.

FBI agents drove her to their offices two blocks from Independence Hall. When she complained of a headache, they gave her three Tylenol and a Sprite. Then they asked her to tell her story.

LaRose, a former teenage prostitute with a heavy history of drug abuse, mangled some facts. But mostly, she told the truth:

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Chapter Two: The strange saga of ‘Jane’s’ jihad: A vow is confirmed; a terror plot grows

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Published December 9, 2012, in Colleen LaRose, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

By John Shiffman
 
Colleen LaRose, the middle-aged American woman who called herself Jihad Jane, hurried to the computer in her duplex near Philadelphia — the place where she had spent months entertaining murder.
 
Second in a four-part series

Minutes earlier, an FBI agent had left a card on her door, requesting a call, and LaRose had known precisely what to do. She emailed her al-Qaida handler for advice.

It was July 17, 2009, and almost four months had passed since LaRose had agreed to kill in the name of Allah. Now, the FBI left a calling card on her doorstep. How had they found her? And what did they know?

Her al-Qaida handler, Eagle Eye, lived in Pakistan. He was wise. He was pious. He would guide her.

LaRose, now 46, had never seen his face, but during online chats, he had seen hers. Her blonde hair, fair skin and green eyes made her a prized recruit, especially for the undertaking Eagle Eye had ordered. She would blend in nicely, avoiding suspicion. Eagle Eye’s plot called for her to travel to Sweden and murder Lars Vilks, the artist who had blasphemed the Prophet Mohammad.

When LaRose reached Eagle Eye, he told her to call the agent back. Find out how much the FBI knows, he said.

Obediently, LaRose dialed the number. The agent picked up.

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Please write to…

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Published September 19, 2010, in Abu Nabil Charaf Damache, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

There is a man in prison in Ireland named Abu Nabil Charaf Damache.  He was arrested last year in the case with his wife and Fatima LaRose. He has asked for women  to write to his wife, as he is very worried about her and she is having a difficult time herself.

“Please do your best to reach the muslim sisters world wide and in America and ask them to help by writing to her…”

Her details are as follows :

JAMIE PAULIN-RAMIREZ 65146-066
FDC PHILADELPHIA
FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER
P.O. BOX 562
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19105
USA

His address is below:

Abu Nabil Charaf Damache, 63722
Clover Hill Detention Centre
Clondalkin
Dublin 22
IRELAND

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‘Jihad Jane’ trial could be postponed

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Published May 1, 2010, in Fatima LaRose, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

FD Editor Note:  So much for the right to a speedy trial.

By KEITH PHUCAS

PHILADELPHIA — Two women accused of aiding terrorists abroad are requesting more time to prepare their case, and a pre-trial conference is scheduled for May 3 in federal court in Philadelphia.

Attorneys for Colleen R. LaRose, aka “JihadJane,” and Jamie Paulin Ramirez filed a motion to have the case designated “complex,” and if Judge Petrese B. Tucker grants the motion it would give both sides more time to prepare for trial.

LaRose, 46, who lived in Pennsburg before she was arrested in October in Philadelphia, is accused of plotting to kill a Swedish artist, Lars Vilks, when she traveled to the country in September, according to authorities. Vilks’ drawing had reportedly offended many Muslims. The Montgomery County woman was indicted in March. She pleaded not guilty to the charges in court March 18.

Ramirez, 31, a former Colorado resident and a U.S. citizen, was added to an indictment in April that previously only named LaRose. The superseding indictment charges the women with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

 

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Woman Silently Pleads Not Guilty in Terror Case

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Published April 8, 2010, in Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

By DINAH WISENBERG BRIN

PHILADELPHIA—An American woman pleaded not guilty to a terrorism charge Wednesday with a silent shake of her head.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31 years old and pregnant, was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents last week after voluntarily returning from Ireland, where she had been arrested and released without charge.

 

Jaime Paulin-Ramirez’s defense attorney, Jeremy Ibrahim,
talked with reporters outside the U. S. Courthouse in
Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Jaime Paulin-Ramirez’s defense attorney, Jeremy Ibrahim, talked with reporters outside the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Ms. Paulin-Ramirez was charged in the U.S. last week with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. She is currently in federal custody. There hasn’t been a bail hearing, and her trial hasn’t been scheduled yet.

Prosecutors agreed to let her enter her not-guilty plea silently in response to a request by her attorney. He had expressed concern that the government could compare her voice to recordings it might have collected as part of its “substantial electronic evidence.”

Prosecutors allege the former Colorado resident traveled to Europe in September with her six-year-old son and planned to train with jihadists. They said Ms. Paulin-Ramirez had been recruited by another U.S. woman, Colleen LaRose, known on the Internet as “JihadJane,” who is accused of plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist and last month pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the case. Both women had converted to Islam.

The indictment said Ms. Paulin-Ramirez, Ms. LaRose and others traveled to and around Europe to participate in and support violent jihad. They conspired to provide “material support and resources,” according to prosecutors.

 

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American Held in Ireland Is Released

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Published March 13, 2010, in Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

But Mother Says Family Feared the Woman Had Been Radicalized

By JOHN HENDREN and CLAYTON SANDELL

Colorado mother Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was released from custody in Ireland after being arrested in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who angered many Muslims by portraying Mohammed with a dog’s body.

Authorities are still holding three other suspects in that alleged plot, including Paulin-Ramirez’ husband and Colleen Larose, who allegedly called herself “Jihad Jane” online.

Though Paulin-Ramirez was released, her mother said in an interview with ABC News that the 31-year-old woman had been troubled for years, was taunted as a child over a hearing problem and the family was concerned that she had become radicalized.

 

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Leadville woman held in Ireland in alleged terrorism plot

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Published March 13, 2010, in Fatima LaRose, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

A Leadville woman is in custody in Ireland, arrested as part of an investigation into a conspiracy to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, according to her family and Leadville police.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, was arrested Tuesday in Waterford, Ireland, the second American woman to be grabbed in an apparent plot to kill the Swede, who incited the Muslim community with anger after his parody cartoons.

The other woman is Colleen R. LaRose, 46, of suburban Philadelphia, known on the Internet as “JihadJane.” She also remains in custody.

Paulin-Ramirez was traveling with her son, Christian, 6, who has not been heard from since his mother’s arrest on Tuesday.

Paulin-Ramirez’s mother, Christine Holcomb, said Friday night that she had spoken with her daughter and her grandson Monday but hasn’t been able to reach them since.

“I’m angry with her,” Holcomb told The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story online. “I’d just like to choke her, but I’m worried about her too.”

Holcomb’s husband of 14 years, George Mott, was more direct Friday night.

“I’m so mad. All I want right now is to find our grandson.”

 

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