2nd Woman Charged in "Jihad Jane" Case

(CBS/ AP)  Updated at 6:23 p.m. ET

Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges Friday against a pregnant American woman - the second woman charged in the so-called Jihad Jane case. The two are accused of plotting online to attend a terror training camp.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez flew from Ireland Friday to Philadelphia, where she was arrested by agents with the joint terrorism task force there. Her 6-year-old son flew with her and was placed in the custody of child protective service workers.

A U.S. official told The Associated Press that Paulin-Ramirez is pregnant. The official was not authorized to discuss that detail and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Last month, authorities in Ireland detained Paulin-Ramirez, originally from Colorado, and six others as they investigated an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose drawing had offended many Muslims.

Those seven suspects in Ireland were linked to Colleen LaRose, a 46-year-old woman who had traveled to Europe but was arrested last fall when she returned to the United States.

The new indictment charges that LaRose and Paulin-Ramirez, 31, separately traveled to Europe to support violent jihad, or Muslim holy war. The court papers also say that once LaRose was in Europe, she invited Paulin-Ramirez to join her to attend a "training camp."

Paulin-Ramirez, prosecutors charge, accepted the invitation and asked to bring her 6-year-old son with her. She and the boy traveled to Europe last September and on the day of her arrival, she married a co-conspirator whom she knew only from online discussions, authorities said.

Last August, the Paulin-Ramirez and LaRose allegedly had a computer conversation in which LaRose said "when our brothers defend our faith (and) their homes, they are terrorists ... fine, then I am a terrorist and proud to be this."

According to the indictment, Paulin-Ramirez replied, "that's right... if that's how they call it then so be it I am what I am."

When the initial charges were unsealed last month against LaRose, it marked one of only a handful of times the U.S. has filed terrorism charges against a woman.

Prosecutors alleged that LaRose called herself "Jihad Jane" in Internet conversations, but she denied that when questioned by the FBI. She has pleaded not guilty in the case.

LaRose apparently spent long hours online in recent years while caring for her boyfriend's elderly father in a small eastern Pennsylvania town. The congressman who represents the district said she had cooperated with authorities after her arrest last fall, which went unannounced until the seven suspects in Ireland were detained in March.

Paulin-Ramirez's mother, Christine Mott, said she had heard that her daughter returned to the U.S. Friday.

"She's in some serious, serious trouble," Mott said tearfully in a phone call from her home in Leadville, Colo.

Mott said she didn't know if her daughter was pregnant. She said she was concerned about her grandson.

"This has been twice that that little boy has been with his mother when she was arrested, in two different countries," Mott said. "I need somebody to help me bring that little boy back here to some sanity. That little boy didn't ask for any of this."

Mott said she was also worried about her daughter.

"My daughter's not a monster," Mott said. "These people came into my home through the Internet and they seduced a very lonely, lonely person. If that can happen to me, it can happen to anybody."

Although CIA Director Leon Panetta told the Washington Post last month that al Qaeda is "on the run" overseas, the recent arrests of Americans shows Islamic extremists still have tentacles in the United States.

"Unfortunately what you have seen over time is the number of Americans falling into the orbits of al Qaeda or other extremist groups," said CBS News national security analyst Juan Zarate.

[nick_the_cat]

Probably not a real terrorist. I say we waterboard her anyway.

[thesevenveils]

That's one ugly mug. In her case I'd make her wear a bag over her burka.

[wyodutch]

Another show-arrest brought to you by the propagandists in Washington, D.C.
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Evidently, there are no genuine "terrorists" anywhere to be found, so a couple of crackpots will have to be brought into the limelight to once again prove to We, The Sheep.... just how dangerous our world is... and how well the thugs are protecting us.
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You can almost imagine the scene at the FBI... "Hey guys! I got this great idea. We all know the Internet is full of crackpots. We don't have any actual terrorists here in Murka... but we can certainly hype up some psychotic episode into a full-blown terrorist plot."
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"Naw...." comes the reply.. "The American people are too smart and brave to fall for something obvious like that."
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A moment of silence... then "Wanna bet?"

[thesevenveils]

Apparently you don't read the news much. Never the less, you have no clue about the subject of terrorism. Go back to cooking your explosives for your next teabagger meeting while watching your favorite Palin show on TV.

[tsigili]

The Muslin religion has zero tolerance for any other, and chooses to meet other ideologies, with violence. It is a dangerous religion, that seeks to become the worst dictator in history.

[enwr77]

I do not believe all these American terrorist claims. This is just security for profit and they are about to loose some of their profits due to a decline in terrorist rhetoric in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now we are the targets of the security agencies so they can keep their jobs. Just because something is said, does not make it true.

[thesevenveils]

Is your aluminum foil hat on straight?

[edgy44]

Public hangings, with or without pop-corn and cotton-candy. The time to choke these people to death on a long rope is here.

[ddog88]

Hey politicians, this spunky lady just might have the makings of a vice president canidate. Better grab her up.

[DawnBroderick40]

I do not care how lonely I might be, how desperate for friendship and acceptance I might think I am, I would never, ever allow terrorists to seduce my mind and make me think I need to kill. Give me a break. Take the boy away and the baby when it's born and lock them all up. Years ago, they would be executed for treason. Hmm, didn't hear to much of this back then, wonder why?