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White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite 'commands army of 200 widowed Al-Shabaab women'

Somalia: A British extremist known as the 'White Widow' is commanding an army of 200 female jihadis and is known as the "Mother of Holy War", according to reports coming out of Somalia.

Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, gained notoriety after fleeing the UK in the wake of the attacks and joining the Al-Shabaab terrorist group.

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