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| Belgium: Internet jihadist collects $1,100 a month in unemployment benefits |
| 2008-07-13 |
| Ms. El Aroud began her rise to prominence after her husband, two days before the attacks on September 11, 2001, carried out a bombing in Afghanistan that killed the anti-Taliban resistance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud at the behest of Osama bin Laden. Her husband was killed, and she took to the Internet as the widow of a martyr. She remarried, and in 2007 she and her new husband were convicted in Switzerland for operating pro-Qaeda Web sites. Now, according to the Belgium authorities, she is a suspect in what the authorities say they believe is a plot to carry out attacks in Belgium. Ms. El Aroud collects more than $1,100 a month in government unemployment benefits. "Her jihad is not to lead an operation but to inspire other people to wage jihad," said Glenn Audenaert, the director of Belgium's federal police force, in an interview. "She enjoys the protection that Belgium offers. At the same time, she is a potential threat'" |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Very sensible. Subsidize the one who tells you to your face that they are going to kill you. To do this, you ARE mentally defective, and, perhaps, deserve your coming fate. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-07-13 15:44 |
| #1 Her jihad is not to lead an operation but to inspire other people to wage jihad... As usual, martyrdom's for the "little people". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-13 07:38 |