Belgium: Malika El Aroud

earthtimes, Eight convicted in Belgium for recruiting terrorists for al-Qaeda, 10 May 2010 "Moroccan-born Malika El Aroud, 50, was said to be the leader of the group, working to send would-be islamists to training camps in Waziristan, on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, to fight against Western soldiers.

"El Aroud was known as one of the most prominent internet jihadists in Europe, urging Muslims to take up arms against the West in the name of radical Islam.

"She was sentenced to eight years and received a 5,000-euro (6,400- dollar) fine, along with her second husband, Moez Garsallaoui, who was tried in absentia, the Belga news agency reported."

also see AFP/Dawn.com, Three leaders of Al Qaeda cell jailed in Belgium, 11 May 2010 "Ms Aroud, who was acquitted a few years ago when an extremist group went on trial in Belgium, oversaw Internet websites from Belgium and Switzerland calling for “holy war”, the court said in its findings. She had told the court she was “opposed to terrorism but in favour of ‘jihad’”."

Belguim: aQ trial commences

CNN, Trial starts in Belgium for suspected al Qaeda cell, 8 Mar 2010 "A trial for nine terror suspects accused of having ties to al Qaeda opened in a Belgian court Monday, with the main defendant suspected of nearly launching a terror attack just hours before a 2008 European Union summit in Brussels.

"That defendant, Malika el Aroud, and her husband, Moez Garsallaoui, are charged with heading a terrorist cell linked to al Qaeda and running a Web site that glorified suicide bombings and urged young Muslims to sacrifice themselves in jihad, or holy war."