The September 11 terror attacks were a watershed event in the life of a Canadian journalist named Beverly Giesebrecht.

Soon after Al Qaeda terrorists killed 3,000 people in the U.S., Giesebrecht converted to Islam, adopted a new name — Khadija Abdul Qahaar — and spent the next two years studying the Koran in Egypt.

She created a pro-Jihadi Web site, Jihad Unspun, and she developed a network of contacts, contributors and translators, some of whom introduced her to the Taliban in Pakistan.

And then last November, the Taliban, the group she had befriended, kidnapped her while she was chasing a story in the Bannu region of northern Pakistan. In a video released after her capture, Qahaar says she's being held by the Taliban, though it's not clear exactly who is holding her. Officials have not provided clarification, saying only that there are many criminal gangs in the region who call themselves the Taliban.

Now, four and a half months later, 11th-hour negotiations continue in efforts to save Qahaar's life and secure her release. Her captors have demanded $375,000 in ransom money by the end of March, and they have threatened to kill her if their demand isn't met.

Commissar_Elliott wrote:Woops, this message got past the stupid members of the Outer Party, this was suppose to go down the memory hole.

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It probably doesn't help she was white and from Canada, i.e. a westerner. Perhaps, as you said, she was playing with fire.

one other thing. . .
"wa, waaaaa. . ."

Colonel 7.62 wrote:{off} I'm guessing when this woman is martyred for Islam, she will become one of the 72 virgins. (After all a woman who would convert to radical islam probably never had much of a sex life anyhow)