British woman vows to become first female Jihadist to kill American or British captive
A 22-year-old woman is vowing to copycat the execution of journalist James Foley and become the first female jihadist from the United Kingdom to kill a Western captive in Syria.
Khadijah Dare, originally from London, England, is married to a Swedish man and Islamic State fighter named Abu Bakr. The couple moved to Syria in 2012 and is currently living alongside the extremist militant group with their son, according to London's Evening Standard.
Reportedly operating under the Twitter name Muhajirah fi Sham, which translates as ‘immigrant in Syria’, Dare has taken to the social media platform to discuss her jihadist ambitions in Syria.
The account was recently been taken down but in a tweet posted under that name it is reported that Dare revealed her intentions, according to The Independent:
“Any links 4 da execution of da journalist plz. Allahu Akbar. UK must b shaking up ha ha. I wna b da 1st UK woman 2 kill a UK or US terorrist!(sic)”.
Jihadist group the Islamic State claimed to have executed 40-year-old James Foley in revenge for US air strikes against its fighters in Iraq. It has refocused attention on foreign fighters streaming to join the Islamic State. The man in the propaganda clip speaks in a British accent and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said it is likely he is a British citizen.
In the five-minute video, distributed online by known Islamic State sources, the group declares that Foley was killed after US President Barack Obama ordered air strikes against IS positions in northern Iraq.
Before moving to Syria, Dare was reportedly a regular at the Lewisham Islamic Center in southeast London, having converted to Islam as a teenager, the same mosque linked to Woolwich killers Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale who were convicted of the 2013 murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, the Evening Standard reports.
In July 2013, Dare was featured in a documentary on the U.K.'s Channel 4 about British women joining Islamist militants in Syria. In the film, she referred to herself as "Maryam" and told cameras that she doesn't consider herself a fighter, but would instead like to become a martyr.
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