US woman allegedly sought to join al-Qaeda in Syria
The woman's conversations were actually with FBI employees posing as members of the designated terrorist organization.
A US woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to provide material support to al-Qaeda, the US Department of Justice said Friday.
Jill Marie Jones, from Arizona, was arrested Wednesday. She communicated with two undercover FBI employees, one of whom she thought was a member of al-Qaeda. Jones allegedly agreed to send the purported al-Qaeda member money to buy rifle scopes for killing American soldiers and sent a prepaid gift card worth $500 to the purported al-Qaeda member in May, according to a Department of Justice press release. Al-Qaeda is a designated terrorist organization in the United States.
Jones bought a flight to Turkey and planned to travel to Syria to join al-Qaeda there, but was arrested at the airport in Arizona, the department said.
“Supporting AQ against the oppressors would be an honour,” Jones allegedly told one of the FBI employees in an online conversation, according to court documents.
