I am married to a terrorist: An American woman's account of her life with an al-Qaeda leader

I am married to a terrorist: An American woman's account of her life with an al-Qaeda leader According to reports, a woman from California recently revealed to the broadcaster news that she was in...

Relevant agencies confirmed that her husband helped establish the first sleeper cell of "Al Qaeda" in the United States in an apartment building in Orange County, California.

The woman's name is Olson and her husband's name is Hisham Diab. The woman said she witnessed her husband's organization turn a local teenager, Adam Gadahn, into a fanatic who hates the United States. She said the boy was the masked man in an "Al Qaeda" video that was distributed in Pakistan at the end of October. At that time, the teenager claimed in the video that he wanted to "stain the streets of America red with blood." Olson said: "I am just a stepping stone for others to get a green card. I married a terrorist. He doesn't like the United States and he doesn't like Americans."

She said Adam Gadahn met Olson's ex-husband in a local mosque. "Gardane is a newbie and can easily be controlled by others. Not only that, Gardarn is honest and can complete a lot of tasks for them," Olson said.

Olson said that the voice, posture and wording of the American who claimed to be Azzam in the video felt particularly familiar to her, especially the phrase "red with blood." She said the phrase was the mantra of her husband's organization.

Olson said some of bin Laden's top aides had spent time with her and her husband over the past three years, including Rahman, who is blind. Rahman was later sentenced to life imprisonment for participating in al-Qaeda's planning of terrorist attacks on the United States.

Olson said she tried her best to make the FBI aware of her husband's suspicious behavior, but the FBI never took her tips seriously.

Olson recalled that when she recognized Rahman as part of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, she said: "I felt like I was in hell. I was in the center of hell, and I will be there forever. There. I had been married for 7 months, and I brought a terrorist into the family."

Olson's husband successfully obtained a green card after getting married, and he suddenly left the United States in 1998. U.S. authorities are now hunting him, and intelligence officials say he is likely hiding in Pakistan with other al Qaeda leaders.

Olson first met her husband 13 years ago when she was responsible for issuing visas to foreign students at a local university. She thought the 32-year-old Diab had many respectable ambitions at the time.

"I really loved her. I was 22 and I just fell in love," Olson said.

Olson said that at that time, Diab introduced himself as an Egyptian and needed to change his visa because it had expired. Olson said the school couldn't provide him with that service. "He happily accepted and left," Olson said. "Then he came back the next day and asked me if I wanted to date him."

A few months later, they got married. Olson and her 4-year-old son also converted to Islam. But their honeymoon ended quickly. Olson's husband insisted that she wear the hijab worn by devout Muslim women and abide by other strict Islamic rules.

Then the beating began. Olson said the beating was a result of breaking her husband's strict rules. These rules include no physical contact with any other male.

She recalled that she was beaten for the first time by her husband just a few weeks after their marriage when she accidentally bumped into the manager of the apartment building.

The husband said to her: "You must listen to me, I am your God. You must abide by these rules."

Olson's son was less than 10 years old and was forced to learn Arabic lessons. Because he did not study well, he was beaten almost every day.