White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite, the woman jihadist who figures on the world's most wanted terrorist list, had reportedly written a love poem for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during her time on the run.
While searching the British terror suspect's apartment in Kenya, police discovered a 34-line ballad, titled 'Ode to Osama,' on her computer, in which she asserted that her love for the terror chief was "like no other," reported The Mirror.
Vowing that she would revive what the slain leader had started, the mother of four kids said that Al Qaeda was "stronger and fiercer than ever" and urged other Muslims to seek victory until they were martyred.
The last line of the poem was directed towards United States President Barack Obama, who authorised the operation to kill Osama, and said, "There was no victory for you Mr Obama, the honour is his on martyred Osama!"
A diary discovered from her apartment disclosed that the woman jihadist wanted her sons to be suicide bombers and was grooming them to follow the example of her first husband, 7/7 terrorist Germaine Lindsay.
Lewthwaite was involved in the terror attack in a Nairobi shopping mall, which killed over 70 people last month. Somalia-based Islamist extremist group Al Shabab had claimed responsibility for the attack.
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