Allison Fluke-Ekren: Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria
Source: BBC
Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria
8 June 2022
A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil.
Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing support to the group and admitted to training over 100 women and girls for violence.
The mother and teacher-turned IS leader left the US in 2011, and worked with a terror group in Libya before Syria.
She faces a maximum of 20 years in prison at her sentencing in October.
Fluke-Ekren, 42, a former biology student and school teacher, travelled to Syria to join the group after living in Egypt and Turkey.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61727520
Allison Fluke-Ekren faces up to 20 years in prison (Alexandria Sheriff's Office)