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.
WASHINGTON - MARCH 09: The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquaters March 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller was responding to a report by the Justice Department inspector general that concluded the FBI had committed 22 violations in its collection of information through the use of national security letters. The letters, which the audit numbered at 47,000 in 2005, allow the agency to collect information like telephone, banking and e-mail records without a
The seal of the FBI hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquaters March 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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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.

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