Breaking news: Jihad Jamie released from jail (photos, video)
LEADVILLE, Colo. -- Jihad Jamie, or Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, the 31-year-old American woman, known as the second Jihad Jane, has now been released from jail, where she was being held by the Garda, or Irish police. She was being detained in connection with the alleged plan to kill Swedish Cartoonist, Lars Vilks.
In addition to Jihad Jamie, two other women, also thought to have had connections to the plot, were allowed to go free.
Irish police said there were no charges against the three women or the four male suspects who were also in custody.
Jihad Jamie or Paulin-Ramirez, converted to Islam last Easter and then married a man she met online. The two traveled to Ireland. Paulin-Ramirez has a 6-year old son, Christian, who was being cared for by the Irish foster care system during the time Paulin-Ramirez was being held.
Teary-eye, Paulin-Ramirez's mother, Christine Holcomb, told the New York Times, "I am terrified for my daughter. And that baby is my heart." She believes her daughter was being used by the Algerian she married.
Paulin-Ramirez, dubbed "Jihad Jamie," was the second woman to be linked to the alleged plot, designed to kill artist Lars Vilks because he had made fun of the Prophet Mohammed by drawing him with the body of a dog.
The indictment was unsealed against Colleen La Rose who became known on the internet only as 'Jihad Jane.'
Christine Holcomb, Jihad Jamie's mom, and others in Paulin-Ramirez's family believe that Jihad Jamie will probably now be deported. She will be traveling again, but this time she will be coming home.
What do local San Franciscans think of this new development? Margaret Davis, a San Francisco native, world traveler, and a grandmother herself, says, "Well I am glad things are working out for them. All that the grandma wants to do is take her daughter and grandson home with her and keep them all safe. Any grandmother would want the same. I'm glad things are getting resolved. I hope Paulin-Ramirez and her child will be traveling back home soon."
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Click on the link for an article on the Jihad Jane story as it was breaking.
Click on the link for an article on her boyfriend not knowing all this, although she lived with him
Click on the link for an article on who this Jihad Jamie is
Click on the blue link for an article on this author's personal experience of traveling in Syria, an awesome country with some of the kindest and most helpful people she has ever met. The article begins, "I am lost. And I am afraid."
See the slide show below for photos on Jihad Jane, Jihad Jamie and Lars Vilks, together with a video which shows an interview with Jihad Jamie's mother, Christine Holcomb. Photos of the release from jail are not yet available but will be printed once they are available.
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Re travel: Christine Holcomb could travel to Ireland to meet her daughter and grandson before bringing them home. She could find deals online at www.kayak.com. Fares would begin at the price of $777 and this would be into Dublin, Ireland.
Comments
This is an outrage that the Irish released this woman. That country has gone soft. I will boycott traveling there.
Thank you for keeping us informed of this story.
I agree with with Steady. I plan to boycott Ireland as well.
We don't have all the information as to why these women were released from jail. These women should always consider the consequences affecting their family, esp. their children! I feel more for the worried mother or parents. At the same time, if the children are wrong, let the children stay in jail and be punished for their wrong doing.
Ebatw and Steady should mark the words of Gladys! We don't know the full story, only what the media would have us believe. (and their knowledge is probably necessarily limited). If guilty, let a Court be the judge, not hyped public guesswork!
The article states that no charges had been filed against the woman. Why should she be held? We seem to be ambivalent about the state of our civil liberties in this country. The Irish, apparently, are not. Perhaps we can learn from this example.
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