US woman admits terror conspiracy

A US woman has admitted she conspired to help a terrorist cell that sought to train with an al Qaida-linked group and incite an Islamic holy war.

US prosecutors said 32-year-old Jamie Paulin-Ramirez of Colorado conspired with others to get military training in South Asia and moved to Ireland in 2009 to join the group.

Court papers show the Algerian man she married there sought to recruit “brothers and sisters” to train with the group known as al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

Paulin-Ramirez faces up to 15 years in prison after her guilty plea to conspiring to aid foreign terrorists.

Federal prosecutors said she joined forces with Colleen LaRose of Pennsylvania, who dubbed herself Jihad Jane online.

Defence lawyer Jeremy Ibrahim said Paulin-Ramirez got caught up in something larger than she knew.