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Kansas woman who led all-female ISIS battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By Holmes Lybrand Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Kansas woman who led an all-female ISIS battalion in Syria, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia. In June, Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide support to ISIS, telling the judg…

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16 articles, oldest first.

  1. France 24

    US woman who led female IS battalion faces up to 20 years in prison (opens France 24)

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    An American woman who grew up on a farm in Kansas, converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, where she led an all-female military battalion, is to be sentenced Tuesday for providing support…

  2. Al Jazeera

    US woman sentenced to 20 years for leading all-female ISIL unit (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US prosecutors describe Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Kansas mother and former teacher, as the ’empress of ISIS’.

  3. Al-Monitor

    US woman who led female IS battalion gets 20 years in prison (opens Al-Monitor)

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    An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, was given the maximum sentence by US District Judge Leonie Bri…

  4. The Guardian

    American woman who led Islamic State battalion in Syria sentenced to 20 years (opens The Guardian)

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    Allison Fluke-Ekren’s children told the court that their mother had a ‘lust for control and power’ and deserved the maximum sentence

  5. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Kansas woman who led all-female ISIS battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Kansas woman who led all-female ISIS battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison

  6. The Daily Caller

    American Woman Who Trained All-Female ISIS Battalion Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison (opens The Daily Caller)

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    A federal court sentenced Kansas' Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, to 20 years imprisonment and 25 years of supervised release.

  7. CBS News

    Kansas woman who led all-female ISIS battalion faces sentencing (opens CBS News)

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    Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to flying from the U.S. to Syria to support ISIS. Prosecutors said she "brainwashed young girls and trained them to kill."

  8. KVIA El Paso

    Kansas woman who led all-female ISIS battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Holmes Lybrand Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Kansas woman who led an all-female ISIS battalion in Syria, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia. In June, Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide support to ISIS, telling the judg…

  9. FOX 5 DC

    Woman accused of leading Islamic State battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    A Kansas native who led an all-female Islamic State battalion when she lived in Syria has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, after her own children denounced her in court and detailed the horrific circumstances and abuse she heaped on them.

  10. Fox News

    Kansas woman who helmed female ISIS battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison (opens Fox News)

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    A 42-year-old woman who was born in Kansas was sentenced by a judge to 20 years in prison Tuesday for leading an all-female ISIS battalion in Raqqa, Syria.

  11. The Week

  12. NBC News

    American woman who led an ISIS military battalion sentenced to 20 years in prison (opens NBC News)

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    Allison Fluke-Ekren taught trainees how to use AK-47 rifles, grenades and suicide belts packed with explosives, the prosecutor’s office said.

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