'Countering Individual Jihad: Perspectives on Nidal Hasan and Colleen LaRose'

Penn State Live, IST researchers examine online networks used to recruit terrorists relates to article by Peter K. Forster, “Countering Individual Jihad: Perspectives on Nidal Hasan and Colleen LaRose,”, CTX Journal

'Jihad Jane' case coverage

Jihad Jane: From abused child to American jihadist - Reuters Investigates (10:01) "Colleen LaRose, an American woman who called herself Jihad Jane online, was arrested in 2009 for plotting to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. Reuters investigative correspondent John Shiffman chronicles LaRose on her to journey to jihad, beginning with her abusive childhood. (Part 1) Produced and edited by Andrew Lampard (Dec. 9, 2012)" Other coverage also available via this site. Also see Guardian, 'Jihad Jane' explains her strange journey from victim to radical Muslim

'Jihad Jane'

FoxNews.com, 'Jihad Jane' Terror Suspect to Appear for Change-of-Plea Hearing, 1 Feb 2011: "'A Pennsylvania woman who allegedly supported a global terror plot while using the online moniker "Jihad Jane" is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing on Tuesday.

'Jihad Jane' case

nbcphiladelphia.com, Judge Indefinitely Postpones "Jihad Jane's" Trial, 3 May 2010 "A federal judge on Monday delayed the trial of two American women charged in a global terror plot, and a defense lawyer held out the possibility of a plea deal."

'Jihadi Cool'

Dina Temple-Raston, NPR, Jihadi Cool: Terrorist Recruiters' Latest Weapon, 26 Mar 2010

"With so many terrorism cases emerging in the U.S. in the past nine months, experts are trying to understand why so much is happening now. One explanation has less to do with religion than with adventure. The latest wave of jihadists traveling to Pakistan and elsewhere for training may have been motivated by a sense of jihadi cool."

I have referred to this concept in iMuslims and elsewhere. The link has audio, transcript and report.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez

NYT, In Ireland, a Hearing on a Plot to Kill a Swedish Cartoonist, 16 Mar 2010 "Ms. Paulin-Ramirez’s mother, Christine Mott, 59, said in an interview last week in Colorado that her daughter announced her conversion to Islam last Easter and became increasingly estranged from her family. She said that Ms. Paulin-Ramirez had been in contact with a man named Ali via the Internet, and that in the months before she left for Europe she had spent a lot of time on the computer, even neglecting her son from a previous marriage, Christian, 6, who is now in a state-run children’s home in Waterford."

Opinion piece: 'Jihad Jane and the Muhammad cartoons'

Wajahat Ali, altmuslim, Jihad Jane and the Muhammad cartoons, 15 Mar 2010 "As an artist who relishes creative freedom, I resist calls that advocate artistic censorship or pander to political correctness. However, art – whether it be through words or images – has never existed within an isolated vacuum, and generally draws upon and animates the existing cultural context of the day." Opinion piece

'Jihad Jane' allegations

LA Times, Internet making it easier to become a terrorist, 11 Mar 2010 "The abrupt transformation of Colleen R. LaRose from bored middle-aged matron to "JihadJane," her Internet alias, was unique in many ways, but a common thread ties the alleged Islamic militant to other recent cases of homegrown terrorism: the Internet."