When Samantha Lewthwaite masterminded the attack in Westgate Mall in Kenya last week, hundreds of innocent people fell victim and she became internationally known as the ‘White Widow’. As a mother and wife, how could this woman plot an attack that would kill innocent women and children? Her husband, Jamal Lewthwaite, was one of the 7/7 suicide bombers on a London subway and exposed Samantha to his extremist Islamic beliefs. On the day of his death, the grieving wife acted as if she had no knowledge nor did she support his actions, which killed 52 commuters. So what possessed her to finish her husband’s work? After being placed in protective custody, Lewthwaite went on to marry another Muslim extremist named Habib Saleh Ghani. In 2009, she had her third child and that is when UK authorities believe she joined al Qaeda. To read more about the time leading up to the White Widow’s massacre plot and see more pictures, click below.