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London's Times newspaper reported on a suspected terrorist plot in Kenya Wednesday.
Updated at 11:17 a.m. ET: LONDON -- A woman believed to be the widow of one of the four suicide bombers that killed 52 London commuters in July, 2005, is being sought by Kenyan authorities in relation to a terrorist plot in that country, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Kenyan police were searching for a woman who evaded them when they tried to capture members of a group thought to be planning an attack on the city of Mombasa in December, 2011, the newspaper reported. (The Times operates behind a paywall.)
One of the identities the suspect was believed to be traveling under was Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of Jermaine Lindsay, who blew up a subway train at King's Cross station on July 7, 2005, Kenyan police told The Times.
The suspect had claimed to be Natalie Faye Webb, a South African, but the passport with this name was determined to be fake, the newspaper reported.
A Briton from east London has been charged in Kenya with possession of illegal explosive material and plotting to detonate a bomb. Jermaine Grant, 29, was arrested with three Kenyan men. Police are investigating possible ties with the Islamist group al-Shabab in Somalia. Ch4 News' Jonathan Rugman reports.
Lindsey's backpack-borne bomb claimed 26 lives on 7/7, as the attack is known in the U.K.
A Kenyan police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told The Times: "We know quite a bit about her now. She has had three identities in the past and that [Samantha Lewthwaite] is one possible identity."
Kenyan police have been working with British police over the operation and have sent a large team to Nairobi to help with the investigation, the newspaper reported.
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Lewthwaite, 28, a convert to Islam who called her husband's actions on July 7, 2005, "abhorrent," is suspected of being part of a cell directed by terrorist group al-Shabab, according to The Times.
Lewthwaite's family say they have not had any contact with her in years, the newspaper reported.
Police are also searching for another British suspect, Habib Ghani of London, according to the Times.
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That's no woman, that's a man....man!
Yep...one look at her, and I COMPLETELY understand why her now-deceased hubby decided to go into the suicide bomber business!
She shouldn't be to hard to find. She doesn't look kenyan.
There are many European expatriots living in Kenya and many more who vacation there. A "white" person does not stick out in places like Nairobi or Mumbasa. So, yes, she is not that easily spotted, especialy wearing a Muslim hajib or a full burka. The woman definately is a threat. Should she be located and taken into custody she should be extradited back to the UK, post haste.
I don't know olde sarge the statistics say there are almost 41 million Kenyans and only about 30k white Europeans who live there that is less than 1%.................I think sprtstr is right she will stick out quite easily. Your hajib and burka point is something to consider though.
That would be PROFILING, and that is a NO, NO.
Oh yeah, the USA is the only one dumb enough not to use profiles!!
Was it anywhere near the village that has a statue of OBAMA's birth place?? The first Kenyan born USA PREz!!
Sarge
Gods no, if she's sent back here she'll be surrounded by human rights lawyers, let the Kenyans have her.
Look at the picture.It is Casey Anthony!
Very observant......but I don't think she has a party to go to.
She looks like a "Left Wing Liberal Socialist"
Tru-dat Sammy except she is not in D.C.
Does this mean she lied to the British? Oh, how difficult to believe that an Islamic terrorist would lie. For heaven's sake, it's the religion of peace.
By the way, what kind of virgins does a female martyr get?
1000 Rams in heat.
The Rams haven't been in heat since 2004.
Michael Jackson or a catholic priest I think.
When they catch her a bullet behind the ear while resisting arrest should do adequately!
She looks like a cross between Rachel Madcow and Ed Schitz in drag.
You mean those guys are not the same person?
For those who complain about monitoring suspected Islamist, it is important to note that radical Muslims will lie to promote their cause without any remorse.
Also, no matter how hard true Muslim believers and "open minded!" leftist try to convince us that all religions are the same and, even a bigger lie, that Islam means peace! There are some elements of Islam that attract the criminals and psychopaths among us.
Why does she call her husband's actions "abhorrent?" That doesn't sound like someone who agrees with what he did... I'd like to know more before we convict this woman in the press.
Probably one of those strange people living in the White House or a rent subsidized Boston apartment. They will never find them in Kenya.
Give her a break! Obama's momma did far more damage to the world!