Allison Fluke-Ekren, who once lived in Kansas, will be sentenced in October in case a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the US
An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of
It is the first prosecution in the US of a female Islamic State battalion leader, said Raj Parekh, a prosecutor in the case. More than 100 women and young girls received training. Some of the girls, who were as young as 10 or 11, may wish to speak at Fluke-Ekren’s sentencing hearing. After moving throughout the region she settled in Syria in late 2012 or early 2013, where her husband ascended to a leadership position in the Islamic State with responsibility for training snipers.
Her all-female battalion, known as Khatiba Nusaybah, began operations in 2017 with a goal of teaching female Islamic State members how to defend themselves and the territory of Raqqa, prosecutors say. A criminal complaint against Fluke-Ekren was filed under seal in the US in 2019 but not made public until she was brought to Virginia in January.
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