The case of Colleen R. LaRose - also known as "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima Rose" [!] - raises troubling questions about the ability of Al Qaeda to attract US-born women to terrorism.

Blond and green-eyed [!], Ms. LaRose looks more like a former cheerleader

Bring it on! Bring it on again and again and again!

than the Western conception of an Islamist extremist. According to the FBI, she told co-conspirators in an e-mail [!] that her appearance would allow her to blend in "with many people," so that she could achieve "what is in my heart."

Her US passport

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would also allow her to travel easily in and out of the country.

US counterterrorism officials long have been concerned about the possibility of Islamic radicalization of US natives [!]. But generally speaking, they have focused on potential terrorist recruits that are males....

LaRose has ties to Texas [!] but most recently has been living in Pennsburg, Pa. [!], outside of Philadelphia [!!!]. The indictment describes her as someone who became gradually radicalized as she trolled [!] the Internet and communicated with Islamist sources around the world.

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