KABUL: (Middle East Press) An American woman has been sentenced for four years in prison over trying to go to Syria to help the ISIL terrorist group.
The woman identified as Shannon Conley, 19-year-old from Denver, heard her punishment in Denver federal court on Friday.
Conley pleaded guilty to one count of plot to provide material support to a foreign terrorist group in September under a plea agreement that requires her to give out information she may have about other Americans with similar intentions like herself.
FBI agents say Conley wanted to marry a man she met online who told her he was fighting with extremists. She repeatedly told them she wanted to fight alongside him or use her skills as a nurse’s aide to help.
After Conley and his Tunisian militant suitor became familiar over the Internet, she then joined a military career exploration program to learn US military tactics and then teach them to members of ISIL.
