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American girl, a inclined Kansas resident, accused of leading all-feminine ISIS battalion

An American girl has been charged with providing enviornment fabric toughen to terrorist organizations after spending years leading and coaching ISIS forces in Syria, the Division of Justice launched Saturday.

“Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, aka ‘Allison Elizabeth Brooks,’ aka ‘Allison Ekren,’ aka ‘Umm Mohammed al-Amriki,’ aka ‘Umm Mohammed’ and aka ‘Umm Jabril,’ 42, a inclined resident of Kansas, traveled to Syria several years within the past for the reason of committing or supporting terrorism,” the DOJ mentioned in a assertion.

ISIS fighters come Mosul in 2014.
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Fluke-Ekren is charged with a complete lot of unlawful actions inner and originate air the United States.

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“These actions allegedly embody, nonetheless are no longer restricted to, planning and recruiting operatives for a doubtless future assault on a college campus within the course of the United States,” the DOJ outlined, “and serving as the appointed chief and organizer of an ISIS navy battalion, acknowledged as the Khatiba Nusaybah, in expose to coach ladies folks on using automated firing AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide belts.”

Fluke-Ekren allegedly boasts spectacular abilities with weaponry and improvised explosives and stands accused of coaching ISIS fighters – frequently ladies folks – in recommendations of fight.

The U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 2, 2021. A girl who as soon as lived in Kansas has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic Utter community and leading an all-feminine battalion of AK-47-wielding militants. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria launched Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, that 42-300 and sixty five days-inclined Allison Fluke-Ekren has been charged with providing enviornment fabric toughen to a terrorist organization.  
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“Additionally, Fluke-Ekren allegedly supplied ISIS and ISIS participants with services, which included providing lodging, translating speeches made by ISIS leaders, coaching early life on using AK-47 assault rifles and suicide belts and instructing extremist ISIS doctrine.”

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“Fluke-Ekren used to be previously apprehended in Syria and transferred into the custody of the FBI the day prior to this, at which point she used to be first introduced to the Jap District of Virginia,” the DOJ mentioned.

She is scheduled to seem in court docket Monday at 2 p.m. ET.

A pair of assistant U.S. attorneys — Raj Parekh and John T. Gibbs — from the Jap District of Virginia are prosecuting the case.

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If convicted, Fluke-Ekren faces up to 20 years in prison.

Fox Files’ Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this represent.

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