This is the radical hate preacher who is suspected of setting White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite on the path to terror. The radical hate preacher who made White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite Abdullah el-Faisal, whose real name is Trevor Forrest, is believed to have brainwashed the British mum-of-four a decade ago. She has been dubbed the world’s most wanted woman after being named as the suspected mastermind of the Nairobi shopping mall massacre. Yesterday a security source said: “Those hunting for Samantha will be looking closely at her links to el-Faisal and whether his movements provide clues to where she is hiding out.” El-Faisal, 50 – kicked out of Britain four years ago for his hate campaign – is also thought to be the man who radicalised Lewthwaite’s first husband, 7/7 suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay. Investigators believe that after the White Widow’s mind was poisoned by Muslim el-Faisal, the pair had several meetings in South Africa in recent years to plot attacks. Yesterday it emerged that Lewthwaite was reportedly seen in South Africa just three weeks ago, casing embassies including the British High Commission. Lewthwaite, the daughter of a former British soldier, was said to have been captured on CCTV in Pretoria. Israeli security agency Mossad reported the sighting to South African police but it appears they failed to track her down or conduct any surveillance. It is the first credible evidence of the terror suspect’s whereabouts since she went on the run in 2011 after hiding out in South Africa. Muslim convert Lewthwaite, 29, originally of Aylesbury, Bucks, was last week made the subject of a Red Notice by Interpol which is desperate to find her in the wake of the Westgate mall siege that claimed the lives of 67 people, including six Britons. Survivors told how they saw a pale skinned woman among the al-Shabaab militants who struck in the Kenyan capital on September 21.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:56:02 +0000