American woman has been accused of providing material support to terrorist organizations after spending years leading and training Islamic State forces in Syria, Justice Department says announcement On Saturday.
“Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, alias “Allison Elizabeth Brooks”, alias “Allison Ekren”, alias “Umm Mohammed al-Amriki”, alias “Umm Mohammed” and alias “Umm Jabril”, 42 years old, former resident of Kansas, has traveled to Syria several years ago for the purpose of committing or supporting terrorism,” the DOJ said in a press release.
Islamic State fighters near Mosul in 2014.
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Fluke-Ekren is accused of various illegal activities inside and outside the United States.
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“These activities would include, but are not limited to, planning for and recruiting agents for a potential future attack on a college campus inside the United States,” the DOJ explained, “and as chief and designated organizer of an ISIS military battalion, known as Khatiba Nusaybah, to train women in the use of automatic-firing AK-47 assault rifles, grenades, and suicide belts.
Fluke-Ekren is said to have impressive skills with weapons and improvised explosives and is accused of training IS fighters – usually women – in methods of combat.
The US Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia on September 2, 2021. A woman who once lived in Kansas was arrested after federal prosecutors accused her of joining the Islamic State group and leading a battalion entirely female militant wielding AK-47. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria announced Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, that Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization.
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“Furthermore, Fluke-Ekren allegedly provided services to ISIS and ISIS operatives, including accommodation, translation of speeches by ISIS leaders, training of children in using AK-47 assault rifles and suicide belts and teaching extremist Islamic State doctrine. »
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“Fluke-Ekren was previously apprehended in Syria and transferred to FBI custody yesterday, when she was first brought to the Eastern District of Virginia,” the DOJ said.
She is due in court Monday at 2 p.m. ET.
A pair of assistant US attorneys – Raj Parekh and John T. Gibbs – from the Eastern District of Virginia are pursuing the case.
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If convicted, Fluke-Ekren faces up to 20 years in prison.
Fox News’ Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this report.