Emilie König, this policeman daughter became a major figure Daech

UNITED STATES - The French Emilie König is part of the French jihadist movement in Syria, which, if not fight, plays an important role as propagandist and recruiter. His name was added Tuesday by Washington to its list of "foreign terrorists fighters".

If she does not take part in the fighting, Emilie Konig often appears in propaganda videos.

 "We know it very well." French officials of the anti-terrorism were hardly surprised, this Tuesday, September 29, learning Emilie König adding to the list of "foreign terrorist fighters" written by Washington. This French 31 years is indeed a figure of the tricolor jihadist movement in Syria.

">"An excited"
"This is a personality in the jihadist community, she is very active on social networks, used for propaganda and recruitment of volunteers" Tuesday night told AFP an official of the fight against terrorism. According to him, this is the first time a woman jihadist is so designated by the United States. According to them, this appointment is the result of the order it would have passed "to individuals to attack French government institutions."
Already a year ago, Emilie König had been added by the United Nations to its list of individuals associated with Al Qaeda in Iraq, and thus subject to international sanctions and travel bans. A source familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified, described it as "an excited" that would have proclaimed his desire to commit a suicide attack, even if "these people are often in the declamatory".


D'Emilie Samra
Yet nothing seemed predestined this young woman become one of the leading figures of the Syrian jihadism. Born 31 years ago in Lorient, a policeman father latest in a family of four, Emilie König following normal schooling, if not brilliant. Everything changes when she converted to contact her first husband, Algerian origin, imprisoned for drug trafficking.
She learns Arabic, calls himself Samra, veil and fully in contact with the Islamist group Forsane Alizza Nantes, it begins its radicalization. In 2010, wearing the niqab, it is located near the mosque of Lorient, where she was attempting to distribute leaflets calling for jihad. She often went to Paris, was noticed by manifesting the forefront, fully veiled.
Two children left in France