{"id":22390,"date":"2022-06-08T07:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22390"},"modified":"2022-06-08T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:15:13","slug":"kansas-woman-admits-to-training-all-female-is-battalion-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/06\/08\/kansas-woman-admits-to-training-all-female-is-battalion-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The mother and teacher-turned IS leader left the US in 2011, and worked with a terror group in Libya before Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She faces a maximum of 20 years in prison at her sentencing in October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fluke-Ekren, 42, a former biology student and school teacher, travelled to Syria to join the group after living in Egypt and Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While with IS, she led Khatiba Nusaybah, an all-female battalion based in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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