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Communication between Young and the FBI investigators took place up until the arrests.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Jackson’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Their charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, as well as a $250,000 fine.
Two residents of Mississippi were arrested on Saturday morning after they allegedly tried to board a plane bound for the Islamic State in Syria.
IS, which has been boosted by tens of thousands of foreign troops in its mission to establish an Islamic Caliphate on the territory of Iraq and Syria, has reportedly attracted a number of American citizens to fight for its cause. His parents never mentioned any behavior changes in recent months, Harmon said.
“They don’t need a gun to do harm”, Mr Joyner said.
“They’re acting like they got a two-by-four right between the eyes”. They thought they were interacting with ISIS rebels.
“I’ve had a lot of cases in court that were people who were desperate and born without having a chance of ever being anything other than defeated”, she said.
According to the Vicksburg Post, Young is a former honor student and homecoming maid at her high school in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
And by all accounts her resume was strong: Young allegedly “specified her skills with math and chemistry and said she and Dakhlhalla would like to be medics treating the injured”, and/or assisting the terrorists with their social media.
Mississippi State University’s administration told Campus Reform that it had no statement on the matter, but noted that “in a 15-page federal criminal complaint against these two individuals, no reference was made to Mississippi State University”. His father, Oda Dakhlalla, is the imam at the Islamic Center of Mississippi in Starkville, according to Columbus attorney Dennis Harmon, who represents the family. They allegedly planned to tell friends and family they were going on their honeymoon but authorities say they had a much different plan and here’s ABC’s Steve osunsami.
Family members did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The federal government claims FBI agents started communicating online with Young about her need to go Syria to participate the team in-May. The US media “is all lies” when it discusses the Islamic State, she added.
The financial affidavit Young filled out and signed states that she has been unemployed since June.
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Worley, who hasn’t spoken to Young in a few months, said Young came from a good family and was very sociable in college. The charges say they were headed to Istanbul.
