US woman held for leading female IS group

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Allison Fluke-Ekren: US woman held for leading female IS group​

Much of Raqqa, Syria, was destroyed when it was taken back from IS in 2017

An American woman has been arrested and charged with organising and leading an all-female battalion of the Islamic State group.

Allison Fluke-Ekren, a mother who once lived in Kansas, allegedly trained women and children to use AK-47 assault rifles and suicide vests in Syria.

She is also suspected of recruiting operatives for a potential future attack on a US college campus.
Ms Fluke-Ekren could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Details of the complaint were given in an FBI affidavit from 2019, which was released on Saturday after she was returned to the US to face charges.

It alleges that in 2016 an all-female IS battalion, known as Khatiba Nusaybah, was set up in Raqqa, Syria. At the time, the city was the de facto capital of the Islamic State group.

The battalion was said to be comprised solely of female IS members who were married to male IS fighters.

Ms Fluke-Ekren is suspected of becoming the leader and organiser of the group soon after she joined it.

It is alleged that her main role was to teach women how to defend themselves against the enemies of IS. She is said to have succeeded in getting several IS women trained up in the use of AK-47 rifles, grenades and suicide belts.

She is also accused of teaching children to use assault weapons, and in the FBI affidavit a witness is quoted as saying that one of Ms Fluke-Ekren's sons was seen holding a machine gun. He was 5 or 6 years old at the time.

As well as her suspected role in Syria, Ms Fluke-Ekren is also accused of planning and recruiting operatives for an attack on a college campus in the US.

She also allegedly told a witness of her desire to carry out an attack on a shopping mall using explosives, and reportedly said that it would be a waste of resources if it did not kill a lot of people.

Ms Fluke-Ekren is charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization and faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.

 

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Ms. fluke ??? Seriously

 

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Who is Allison Fluke-Ekren and what has she been accused of?

AN AMERICAN woman was arrested for her connection to the terrorist group ISIS. Kansas-native Allison Fluke-Ekren has been in FBI custody since January 2022 and faces charges for her connections wit…

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Who is Allison Fluke-Ekren?​

A 42-year-old woman from Kansas, Allison Fluke-Ekren, was arrested in relation to her alleged work with ISIS.

Authorities allege Fluke-Ekren was permanently living overseas and involved in Islamic terrorism by 2011.

The Kansas-native dedicated a blog to "the adventures of the Fluke-Ekren family" in 2008, where she shared memories of her family's travels in Turkey and Egypt.

A former teacher, Allison Fluke-Ekren was married to a man who died in 2016 after he reportedly attempted to carry out a terrorist attack in Syria.


She allegedly went on to marry an ISIS member who also died, before tying the knot to a prominent ISIS leader in charge of the failed 2017 Raqqa defense.

What has she been accused of?​

Allison Fluke-Ekren was apprehended in Syria and transferred into FBI custody on Friday, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.

The statement tells of Fluke-Ekren's alleged plan to recruit operatives to attack a United States college campus as well as reportedly discussing a terrorist attack at a shopping mall.

"To conduct the attack, Fluke-Ekren allegedly explained that she could go to a shopping mall in the United States, park a vehicle full of explosives in the basement or parking garage level of the structure, and detonate the explosives in the vehicle with a cell phone triggering device," the statement said, according to CNN.


Fluke-Ekren has been charged by federal prosecutors with providing and conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Fluke-Ekren is also being accused of being appointed to lead and train women and children in Syria to use weapons such as assault rifles, grenades, and suicide belts in accordance with ISIS.

The statement also said Fluke-Ekren allegedly provided ISIS members with "lodging, translating speeches made by ISIS leaders… and teaching extremist ISIS doctrine."

According to the Department of Justice, Fluke-Ekren faces up to 20 years in prison if she gets convicted.