| − | '''Allison Fluke-Ekren''' of Overbrook [[Kansas]], aka Allison Elizabeth Brooks <font size=1>(aged 42 at arrest, Jan-29-2022)</font>, is a convert to [[Islam]]<ref name=nypost-3feb2022/> who has provided material support to terrorist organizations. She has been arrested for leading and training [[ISIS]] forces in Syria. | + | '''Allison Fluke-Ekren''' of Overbrook [[Kansas]], aka Allison Elizabeth Brooks <font size=1>(aged 42 at arrest, Jan-28-2022<ref name=doj-1>[https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1466986/download]</ref>)</font>, is a convert to [[Islam]]<ref name=nypost-3feb2022/> who has provided material support to terrorist organizations. She has been arrested for leading and training [[ISIS]] forces in Syria. |
| | She traveled to [[Syria]] several years earlier to commit or support terrorism, | | She traveled to [[Syria]] several years earlier to commit or support terrorism, |
| − | and led a female ISIS battalion in that country,<ref>Sonnet Swire and Evan Perez, "[https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/29/politics/allison-fluke-ekren-syria-isis-justice-department-charges/index.html Kansas woman led female ISIS battalion in Syria, prosecutors say]", ''CNN'', January 29, 2022.</ref> called ''Khatiba Nusaybah'',<ref name=doj/> training women and children<ref name=bbc-31jan2022/> as young as six<ref name=bbc-4feb2022/> to use machine guns and suicide vests<ref name=bbc-31jan2022/> and planning to commit "violent jihad".<ref name=bbc-4feb2022>Tara McKelvey & Boer Deng, "[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60254827 'All-American girl' turned jihadist denied bail]," ''BBC,'' News, 4 February 2022.</ref> | + | and led a female ISIS battalion in that country,<ref>Sonnet Swire and Evan Perez, "[https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/29/politics/allison-fluke-ekren-syria-isis-justice-department-charges/index.html Kansas woman led female ISIS battalion in Syria, prosecutors say]", ''CNN'', January 29, 2022.</ref> called ''Khatiba Nusaybah'',<ref name=doj-2/> training women and children<ref name=bbc-31jan2022/> as young as six<ref name=bbc-4feb2022/> to use machine guns and suicide vests<ref name=bbc-31jan2022/> and planning to commit "violent jihad".<ref name=bbc-4feb2022>Tara McKelvey & Boer Deng, "[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60254827 'All-American girl' turned jihadist denied bail]," ''BBC,'' News, 4 February 2022.</ref> |
| − | The DOJ press release said that Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, aka ‘Allison Elizabeth Brooks,’ aka ‘Allison Ekren,’ aka <b>‘Umm Mohammed al-Amriki</b> (meaning: the mother of Mohammed, the American),’ aka ‘Umm Mohammed’ and aka ‘Umm Jabril had direct involvement with Islamic terrorism being a resident of the United States.<ref name=doj>"[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/american-woman-who-led-isis-battalion-charged-providing-material-support-terrorist American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Charged with Providing Material Support to a Terrorist Organization]", ''[[DOJ]]'', Jan 29, 2022.</ref> | + | The DOJ press release said that Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, aka ‘Allison Elizabeth Brooks,’ aka ‘Allison Ekren,’ aka <b>‘Umm Mohammed al-Amriki</b> (meaning: the mother of Mohammed, the American),’ aka ‘Umm Mohammed’ and aka ‘Umm Jabril had direct involvement with Islamic terrorism being a resident of the United States.<ref name=doj-2>"[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/american-woman-who-led-isis-battalion-charged-providing-material-support-terrorist American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Charged with Providing Material Support to a Terrorist Organization]", ''[[DOJ]]'', Jan 29, 2022.</ref> |