INTERNATIONAL: Female jihadists are growing threat
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- Women as jihadists
- Motivations vary
- Adopting a 'collective identity'
- 'Stardom'
- Gender equality?
- Religious indoctrination?
- Women's jihadist roles
- Terrorist 'mother figure'
- Zarqawi's wife
- Preparing 'our men'
- Female suspects in Europe
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Female bombers in Iraq
- Growing involvement
- Abaya advantages
- Deliberate anonymity?
- Inciting husbands
- Shia militia response
- Possible policy responses
- Improving counter-terror capabilities
- Increasing outreach efforts
- Involving women
- Alternative choices
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