Dailystar reports that WHITE WIDOW Samantha Lewthwaite may be the terror mastermind behind a horrific attack in Nigeria which left 71 dead and hundreds wounded.
A huge
explosion ripped through a busy bus station in the country's capital,
Abuja, during the peak rush-hour (this) yesterday morning.
The enormous
blast destroyed FORTY buses and left a sickening trail of death and
destruction as fuel tanks on nearby vehicles also exploded amid the heat
of the blast.
But while
nobody has officially claimed responsibility, security sources fear the
bombing may have been a REVENGE attack for the death of al-Shabaab
terror chief Makaburi, aka Sheikh Abubakar Shariff Ahmed - Lewthwaite's
MENTOR - just two weeks ago.
Lewthwaite, the infamous widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, is on the run in Africa with three children.
A senior
security source said agents across Africa were on high alert after the
assassination of Makaburi - reportedly by the UK and US funded Kenyan
Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) 14 days ago.
The source said: "Makaburi was always believed to be at the very top of the hierarchy of terror organisation al-Shabaab.
"Intelligence
suggests he introduced Samantha Lewthwaite to many influential figures
within the al-Shabaab network. He guided her on her path to Jihad.
"His murder was seen as yet another act of war."
The source added that Lewthwaite and her associates "wanted revenge".
Lewthwaite, 30,
is believed to be in Nigeria, Kenya or Somalia, where Islamist terror
networks are closely linked, making it far easier for her to evade
detection than in Europe.
The world's
most wanted woman was reportedly caught at a checkpoint in Nigeria just
six months ago - but managed to bribe her way to freedom.
It is thought
she commands enormous loyalty and power as a white convert, female
jihadist, having proved her worth in previous attacks.
As both a mother and widow of a 7/7 bomber, she also provides the groups with invaluable propaganda.
Local police
have linked today's bombing to the Boko Haram terrorist network, which
has been threatening to attack the Nigerian capital.
Last year Boko Haram boasted of'merging' with both al-Shabaab AND Al-Qaeda to form a pan-African terror super-network.
Together, the
groups control a vast, arid area known as 'Sahelistan' - thousands of
miles of sub-Saharan land which stretches from Senegal in west Africa to
Somalia in the east.
This 'ungovernable' terrain has become a sanctuary for Islamist militants plotting atrocities in Africa and across the world.
The commander
of the U.S. military’s Africa Command General Carter Ham said the groups
now share money, explosives and even train together.
He said: "Each of those three organisations is by itself a dangerous and worrisome threat.
"What really concerns me is that they are coordinating and synchronising their efforts.
"That is a real problem for us and for African security in general."
The White
Widow, who has been on the run since January 2012, got her grim nickname
after husband Germaine Lindsay blew up a London Tube train in the 7/7
bombings in 2005. Fifty six people were killed and more than 700
injured.
Interpol has issued a rare 'Red Notice' for the White Widow's arrest.
Lewthwaite,
from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, is believed to have widely used the
alias ‘Natalie Webb’ and travelled on a forged South African passport.
She is now officially being hunted by 190 countries and is one of the
most wanted international fugitives in the world.
Police seized
her laptop in 2011 and found detailed plans of how to build bombs and
evidence she was planning multiple terrorist attacks both in Africa and
the West.
She has also
been linked to grenade attacks at non-Muslim places of worship in Africa
and a terrorist attack on western football fans watching Euro 2012 in
the Jericho bar in Mombasa.
Head of Interpol Ronald Noble said: "There is a global ‘tripwire’ for this fugitive.
"All 190 member countries are aware of the danger posed by this woman, not just across the region but also worldwide."
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