Hillary Clinton opens up about American Mali terror victim she knew

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday mourned the death of Anita Datar, a former Peace Corp worker in Senegal who died on Friday in the bloody attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako where 27 people there were murdered during an attack by Jihadi terrorists.

Datar, 41, the lone identified American Mali terrorist attack victim whom the 68-year-old former New York Senator revealed was her friend.

'''I knew Anita as the loving mother of a wonderful seven-year old boy and the former partner of David Garten, one of my senior policy advisers in the Senate,'' Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, said in a statement. ''My prayers are with the Datar and Garten families, especially Anita and David's son. My heart breaks thinking of the burden he will now bear on his small shoulders and the courage he will have to show in the days ahead.

She added, ''As I said this week, America must wage and win an immediate battle against ISIS, al Qaeda, and other terrorist networks, as well as a generational struggle against radical jihadism. We face a choice between fear and resolve. Anita's murder should deepen our resolve. American must lead the world to meet this threat.''

Datar (pictured below) was working as an envoy in Mali, for a U.S. aid company when she was killed on Friday.