Last Easter, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old, 5-11, white, blond haired mom from a small Colorado town with a $30,000-a-year job as a medical assistant, converted to Islam. Within a month she was posting controversial messages on the internet. Suddenly on September 11th she left turning up in Ireland apparently among the group of radical Muslims arrested in a murder for hire plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist.

She is the second American woman to be linked to the alleged Muslim murder plot. Perhaps more infamous is Colleen R. LaRose, 46, a suburban Philadelphia woman who authorities said used the Web alias "JihadJane" to raise funds and plot.

The Irish police are holding four Muslim men and three Muslim women, including three Algerians, a Croatian, a Palestinian, a Libyan and a U.S. national – Ms. Paulin-Ramirez. There is an unconfirmed rumor that she has a relationship with one of the Algerian men and may be married.

The seven were arrested as part of an investigation into "a conspiracy to commit a serious offense (namely, conspiracy to murder an individual in another jurisdiction). Under Irish law they can be held 7-days before formal charges have to be filed. If charges are filed bail could be set by the court, and Paulin-Rameriz could be submit to an immigration bond or other variables.

Ms. Pauliun-Ramirez’s mother told the press she fears her grandson could be in training to be a terrorist but there are no specifics for her fears that have been made public.
These incidents are part of a pattern of growing concern about American born, homegrown terrorists that leapt into the headlines when Army Major Hassan, also a Muslim convert, murdered 13 at Fort Hood, Texas.

The issue of radical Islamists has risen to the highest levels even connecting members of Congress with Muslim activist groups in the U. S.