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Home Front: WoT
US woman who tried to help terrorists receives 4 years
2015-01-25
Good. More please.
[Ynet] Shannon Conley, 19, who tried to go to Syria to help Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
snuffies has been sentenced to four years in prison on Friday.

Wearing a black and tan headscarf with her jail uniform, she tearfully told the judge that she has disavowed jihad and that the people who influenced her misconstrued the Koran.

Conley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in September under a deal that requires her to divulge information she may have about other Americans with similar intentions.

FBI agents say Conley wanted to marry a suitor she met online who told her he was fighting with the murderous Moslems. She repeatedly told them she wanted to fight alongside him or use her skills as a nurse's aide to help.
An Nahar adds:
Conley, who struck a plea bargain with prosecutors, had expressed a desire to wage violent jihad, or holy war, after meeting a man on the Internet who claimed to be an active member of IS in Syria.

The duo got engaged and worked together to have Conley travel to Syria to join her new fiance.

Before going, Conley trained to be able to fight and even joined the U.S. Army Explorers (USAE) to be learn about military tactics and firearms. She also had first-aid training.

FBI special agents met her several times to persuade her not to carry out her plans to travel overseas to fight but she refused to listen and was arrested when she attempted to board a flight to Turkey from Denver on April 8.
Posted by:trailing wife

#12  For as long as misdeeds of Mahmoud
And his minions are still ballyhooed,
Placid thralls of Islam
Will all tell us, "Salaam!
The Koran has just been misconstrued!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-01-25 23:30  

#11  ...she tearfully told the judge that she has disavowed jihad and that the people who influenced her misconstrued the Koran.

By reading the actual words written in it.
Posted by: abu do you love   2015-01-25 21:14  

#10  FBI special agents met her several times to persuade her not to carry out her plans to travel overseas to fight (wtf?) but she refused to listen and was arrested when she attempted to board a flight to Turkey from Denver on April 8.
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp0025   2015-01-25 20:27  

#9  And a high paying job at the new Presidential Library.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-01-25 17:12  

#8  I'm sure she can get a Presidential pardon in January of 2017.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-01-25 17:11  

#7  Wearing a black and tan headscarf with her jail uniform, she tearfully told the judge that she has disavowed jihad and that the people who influenced her misconstrued the Koran.

Ah, yes. The Islamic Mulligan...
Posted by: tu3031   2015-01-25 12:24  

#6  So long as she's a Muslim, she can't disavow jihad. Execute her for treason; she admitted to her deeds.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-01-25 12:23  

#5  Tearful because she got caught
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2015-01-25 11:45  

#4  Wearing a black and tan headscarf with her jail uniform, she tearfully told the judge that she has disavowed jihad and that the people who influenced her misconstrued the Koran.

Taqqiya
Posted by: Frank G   2015-01-25 09:20  

#3  I see a book, tenured academic position, and political career in her future.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-01-25 04:44  

#2  So now we must feed her, see to her housing, medical needs and so forth? Strip her of her citizenship and let her go overseas. We'll be done with her.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-01-25 03:57  

#1  ...she tearfully told the judge that she has disavowed jihad and that the people who influenced her misconstrued the Koran.

Garcon! Where's my violin?
Posted by: Raj   2015-01-25 00:56  

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