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The FBI took custody of a former Kansas teacher named Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren who federal prosecutors say led an all-female military battalion under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.
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The leader of an all-female Isis military battalion trained women and children in Syria on how to use AK-47 assault rifles and suicide belts, as well as planned attacks on US soil.
A witness said that she trained over 100 women and young girls.
After leaving the U.S. in 2008, she spent time in Libya and Egypt before heading to Syria, where she wanted to engage in violent jihad, according to the complaint.
The plan to attack a college in the U.S. by planting a backpack with explosives was approved by an Isis leader.
A witness said that a person named Fluke-Ekren doesn't like America or Americans and would like to see an attack in another country.
According to the complaint, she discussed attacking a shopping mall in the U.S. with a vehicle full of explosives, but was unable to do so due to opposition from her husband.
A witness saw a child holding a machine gun at her family's home in Syria.
According to witnesses, the man who she met in the U.S. led the group. He died in an airstrike in early 2016 as he tried to carry out a terrorist attack, and later that year she married a member of the Islamic State. The woman went on to marry a military leader.
The US District Court in Alexandria in Virginia is where she is expected to make her initial appearance. The FBI took custody of Fluke-Ekren on Friday after she was captured in Syria.
The woman is believed to speak Turkish and Spanish. A witness who learned of the message that was sent to one of her family members said it was to stop the U.S. government from finding her.
Either 11 or 12. A witness who knew Fluke-Ekren in Syria rated her on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being extremely radicalized. The witness said that Fluke-Ekren was off the charts.
The Kansas woman was the leader of the all-female Islamic State battalion.
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