Thursday, September 26, 2013

FOXNews.com: WANTED: 'WHITE WIDOW' Terrorist's wife eyed in mall attack sought by Interpol

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WANTED: 'WHITE WIDOW' Terrorist's wife eyed in mall attack sought by Interpol
Sep 26th 2013, 16:53

PARIS –  Interpol has issued an arrest notice for the British woman known as the "white widow" who is being eyed as one of the key players in a terrorist attack on a Kenyan mall last week that left 72 dead.

The notice, issued at the request of Kenya, said Samantha Lewthwaite is wanted on charges of possessing explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony in Kenya in 2011.

Authorities believe Lewthwaite, 29, was involved in an alleged plot to attack restaurants and hotels inside the country, according to Reuters.

Lewthwaite was married to a suicide bomber who killed more than 50 people in an attack on the London subway system in 2005.

Kenya's foreign minister has said Lewthwaite took part in the mall siege alongside the Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab terrorist group.

Law enforcement sources told Fox News this week that they have seen no hard evidence yet to confirm Lewthwaite's participation in the attack, but it has not been ruled out.  

A British security source told Reuters that "it is a possibility" that she was involved.

Lewthwaite is also reportedly believed to have been using the alias 'Natalie Faye Webb' to live in South Africa for several years.

She used the identity to take out bank loans and rent property in Johannesburg, the AFP reports, citing local media there.

Credit records released by eNews Channel Africa listed that she lived in Johannesburg's predominantly South Asian neighborhood of Mayfair for four years, rented at least three properties and ran up debts of $8,600.

Lewthwaite originally criticized her late husband — Jermaine Lindsay — for taking part in the London bombing, but later apparently embraced the jihadi cause.

Lewthwaite told The Sun newspaper in September 2005 that her husband had fallen under the influence of radical mosques.

"How these people could have turned him and poisoned his mind is dreadful," the newspaper quoted Lewthwaite as saying. "He was an innocent, naive and simple man. I suppose he must have been an ideal candidate.

"He was so angry when he saw Muslim civilians being killed on the streets of Iraq, Bosnia, Palestine and Israel — and always said it was the innocent who suffered."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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