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But Abdallah Soueidan, owner of Al Amir restaurant in Anaheim and an immigrant from Lebanon, said he welcomed Obama’s comments. “We must be more vigilant. And I wouldn’t be surprised, or upset, if we came under more surveillance.”</small></blockquote></ref> They were both worshipping at the ''West Coast Islamic Society'' in [[Anaheim]], [[CA]]. <ref name=reuters2015/> See related: [[Moustafa Kamel]].

But Abdallah Soueidan, owner of Al Amir restaurant in Anaheim and an immigrant from Lebanon, said he welcomed Obama’s comments. “We must be more vigilant. And I wouldn’t be surprised, or upset, if we came under more surveillance.”</small></blockquote></ref> They were both worshipping at the ''West Coast Islamic Society'' in [[Anaheim]], [[CA]]. <ref name=reuters2015/> See related: [[Moustafa Kamel]].

*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>

[[File:Allison.Fluke-Ekren.jpg|thumb|Convert ISIS recruiter]]

[[File:Allison.Fluke-Ekren.jpg|thumb|Convert ISIS recruiter]]

She rose through the ranks of the Islamic State, commanding a battalion of female fighters and training more than 100 women and girls, including her own daughter.

She rose through the ranks of the Islamic State, commanding a battalion of female fighters and training more than 100 women and girls, including her own 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><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>

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>

[[File:Cole.Bridges.jpg|thumb|Cole Bridges / Gonzalez]]

[[File:Cole.Bridges.jpg|thumb|Cole Bridges / Gonzalez]]

His crimes began in at least

His crimes began in at least

* Convert to Islam, Cole Bridges AKA Cole Gonzales [20 in 2021] was arrested on terrorism charges, including suggesting wiring explosives into buildings as part of an Islamic State plot to kill US troops, as well as allegedly planning an attack on the 9/11 Memorial.<ref>Aaron Katersky, [https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-soldier-arrested-alleged-plot-attack-nyc-landmark/story?id=75347507 US soldier arrested after alleged plot to attack NYC landmark], ''ABC News'', January 19, 2021.</ref>

* Convert to Islam, Cole Bridges AKA Cole Gonzales [age 20 in 2021] was arrested on terrorism charges, including suggesting wiring explosives into buildings as part of an Islamic State plot to kill US troops, as well as allegedly planning an attack on the 9/11 Memorial.<ref>Aaron Katersky, [https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-soldier-arrested-alleged-plot-attack-nyc-landmark/story?id=75347507 US soldier arrested after alleged plot to attack NYC landmark], ''ABC News'', January 19, 2021.</ref>

He was duped into thinking he was communicating online with a terrorist when it was really an FBI employee

He was duped into thinking he was communicating online with a terrorist when it was really an FBI employee

<ref>[https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-army-soldier-cole-bridges-pleads-guilty-isis-ambush-fellow-troops.amp Army soldier pleads guilty to attempting to help ISIS ambush felow troops], ''Fox10'' Phoenix, Jun 15, 2023.</ref> His crimes began in at least 2019.<ref>https://breaking911.com/u-s-army-soldier-admits-to-trying-to-help-isis-ambush-kill-fellow-servicemembers/</ref>

<ref>[https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-army-soldier-cole-bridges-pleads-guilty-isis-ambush-fellow-troops.amp Army soldier pleads guilty to attempting to help ISIS ambush felow troops], ''Fox10'' Phoenix, Jun 15, 2023.</ref> His crimes began in at least 2019.<ref>https://breaking911.com/u-s-army-soldier-admits-to-trying-to-help-isis-ambush-kill-fellow-servicemembers/</ref>