| | *ISIS reportedly planned on sending terrorists into the U.S. through smuggling routes on the U.S. southern border.<ref>McKay, Hollie (June 6, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/isis-plot-westerners-mexico-border ISIS plotted to send westerners to U.S through Mexico border: report]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 6, 2019.</ref><ref>Mass, Warren (June 10, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/32561-defector-says-isis-invited-him-to-cross-u-s-border-to-engage-in-financial-attacks Defector Says ISIS Invited Him to Cross U.S. Border to Engage in Financial Attacks]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 10, 2019.</ref> | | *ISIS reportedly planned on sending terrorists into the U.S. through smuggling routes on the U.S. southern border.<ref>McKay, Hollie (June 6, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/isis-plot-westerners-mexico-border ISIS plotted to send westerners to U.S through Mexico border: report]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 6, 2019.</ref><ref>Mass, Warren (June 10, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/32561-defector-says-isis-invited-him-to-cross-u-s-border-to-engage-in-financial-attacks Defector Says ISIS Invited Him to Cross U.S. Border to Engage in Financial Attacks]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 10, 2019.</ref> |
| | *A [[Kansas]] convert to Islam,<ref>Adam Goldman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/us/politics/islamic-state-fluke-ekren.html From Benghazi to Raqqa, a Kansas Woman Left a ‘Trail of Betrayal’], ''The New York Times'', June 7, 2022.<blockquote> | | *A [[Kansas]] convert to Islam,<ref>Adam Goldman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/us/politics/islamic-state-fluke-ekren.html From Benghazi to Raqqa, a Kansas Woman Left a ‘Trail of Betrayal’], ''The New York Times'', June 7, 2022.<blockquote> |
| | Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Muslim convert from Kansas, rose through the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria, where she provided military training to women and girls, including her daughter. | | Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Muslim convert from Kansas, rose through the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria, where she provided military training to women and girls, including her daughter. |
| − | Even as her daughter eventually escaped to Kansas in 2017, Ms. Fluke-Ekren stayed, hoping to die defending the so-called caliphate and trying to trick her family in the United States into believing she was no longer alive.</blockquote></ref> with ISIS Jihadists between 2011-2019 and who led an all female Jihadi "batallion", Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki and aka Umm Mohammed, was convicted in 2022.<ref>[https://breaking911.com/kansas-mom-accused-of-leading-all-female-isis-brigade-pleads-guilty/ Kansas mom accused of leading all-female ISIS brigade pleads guilty], B911, June 7, 2022.<blockquote>According to court documents, Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki and aka Umm Mohammed, 42, a former resident of Kansas, traveled overseas and from in or about September 2011 through in or about May 2019, engaged in terrorism-related activities in multiple countries, including Syria, Libya and Iraq. Fluke-Ekren ultimately served as the leader and organizer of an ISIS military battalion, known as the Khatiba Nusaybah, where she trained women on the use of automatic firing AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide belts. Over 100 women and young girls, including as young as 10 or 11-years-old, received military training from Fluke-Ekren in Syria on behalf of ISIS.</blockquote></ref> | + | Even as her daughter eventually escaped to Kansas in 2017, Ms. Fluke-Ekren stayed, hoping to die defending the so-called caliphate and trying to trick her family in the United States into believing she was no longer alive.</blockquote></ref> with ISIS Jihadists between 2011-2019 and who led an all female Jihadi "batallion", Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki and aka Umm Mohammed, was convicted in 2022.<ref>[https://breaking911.com/kansas-mom-accused-of-leading-all-female-isis-brigade-pleads-guilty/ Kansas mom accused of leading all-female ISIS brigade pleads guilty], B911, June 7, 2022.<blockquote>According to court documents, Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki and aka Umm Mohammed, 42, a former resident of Kansas, traveled overseas and from in or about September 2011 through in or about May 2019, engaged in terrorism-related activities in multiple countries, including Syria, Libya and Iraq. Fluke-Ekren ultimately served as the leader and organizer of an ISIS military battalion, known as the Khatiba Nusaybah, where she trained women on the use of automatic firing AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide belts. Over 100 women and young girls, including as young as 10 or 11-years-old, received military training from Fluke-Ekren in Syria on behalf of ISIS.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/female-isis-battalion-kansas-allison-fluke-ekren/ Kansas woman Allison Fluke-Ekren, who led all-female ISIS battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison], ''CBS News'', Nov 1, 2022.</ref> |