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Indiana mother married to ISIS extremist who moved her young family to Syria is sentenced to six and a half years in prison for providing $30,000 in gold and precious stones to the terrorist organization
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 11/09/2020 | Valerie Edwards

Posted on 11/10/2020 2:15:17 PM PST by xomething

Samantha Elhassani, 35, of Indiana, has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years for crimes

In 2019, she pleaded guilty to providing financial support to Islamic State group

As part of deal, prosecutors agreed to drop more serious charges against her

Elhassani has been in custody since July 2018, when a military cargo transport plane flew her and her children back to Gary, Indiana from Syria

Her husband, Moussa Elhassani, and his brother, Abdelhedi, fought for ISIS

She admitted to transporting more than $30,000 in gold and precious stones that were to be used to help finance the terror group

An Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to providing financial support to the Islamic State group has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison, the Justice Department said Monday.

Samantha Elhassani, 35, formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced by US District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to the prison term, as well as three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to financing terrorism, officials said.

Elhassani struck a plea agreement...

In 2015, Elhassani, her husband, Moussa Elhassani, his brother Abdelhedi and two of Elhassani’s children crossed the border into ISIS-controlled territory in Syria through Turkey, according to the government.


Samantha Elhassani, 35, (pictured), who pleaded guilty to providing financial support to the Islamic State group has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison


Elhassani met her husband, Moussa (pictured together in an undated photo) in her hometown in 2011 as one of his brothers, Yassin, was married to her sister, Lori





Elhassani his pictured with her four children, Matthew, Sarah, Ishmael and Miriam at a camp in Northern Syria...

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TOPICS: Current Events; Islam
KEYWORDS: bot; indiana; islam; postandrun

1 posted on 11/10/2020 2:15:17 PM PST by xomething
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To: xomething

Let’s get serious..... people doing this sh!t should be executed!!!


2 posted on 11/10/2020 2:17:27 PM PST by high info voter
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To: high info voter

No death penalty for treason these days.


3 posted on 11/10/2020 2:22:21 PM PST by MGunny
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To: high info voter

Agreed.


4 posted on 11/10/2020 2:23:01 PM PST by Howie66 ("Ghislane Maxwell Didn't Kill Herself")
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To: xomething

And Obama’s pallets of cash?


5 posted on 11/10/2020 2:24:03 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: xomething

I wonder where the father of Matthew and Sarah is?


6 posted on 11/10/2020 3:19:29 PM PST by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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