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The Rise of Female Jihadis in Europe

European authorities are just waking up to the dangers of radicalized women.
Soldiers patrol in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral on November 16, 2015 in Paris, after attacks claimed by the Islamic State killed at least 129 people and left more than 350 injured on November 13. A car full of gas cylinders was discovered parked near Notre Dame Cathedral in early September, and at the center of the failed violent plot were women allegedly inspired or directed by the Islamic State.
Notre Dame soldiers

It was early on a Sunday morning in September when French police discovered a Peugeot parked near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris with its hazard lights flashing and its license plates removed. The car carried seven gas cylinders, six of them full, and three cans of diesel. The perpetrators had perhaps intended to blow it up with a lit cigarette and a fuel-soaked blanket, but the vehicle failed to detonate. Three weeks after that failed plot, police arrested two teenage suspects accused of planning a violent attack in Nice, the details of which haven’t been made public.

At the center of both plots: women allegedly inspired or directed

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