PIC: Young Black Woman Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Trying To Join ISIS With Fiancé

Date: 13-08-2016 12:48 am (7 years ago) | Author: Victor A. Ofoma
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A 20-year-old Mississippi woman has been jailed for conspiring with her Muslim fiance to join the Islamic State group.

Jaelyn Young, a former Mississippi University student and daughter of a former Navy seal, who sought to disguise a planned honeymoon to join ISIS was sentenced by a federal judge on Thursday to 12 years in prison on a terrorism charge.

The honour student at Warren Central High School broke down in heavy sobs during her sentencing by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock. Young pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization.

Young had faced up to 20 years in prison. Her parents pleaded for leniency at Thursday's hearing. Young, amid sobs, said she was ashamed of her actions.
Her fiance, Muhammad Dakhlalla, pleaded guilty March 11 to a similar charge and is set to be sentenced Aug. 24. Prosecutors have said Young, who converted to Islam while studying at Mississippi State University, had prodded Dakhlalla into the plan.
The two were arrested in 2015 before boarding a flight from Columbus, Mississippi, with tickets for Istanbul, Turkey.

"I found the contacts, made arrangements, planned the departure," Young had written in a farewell letter to her family. "I am guilty of what you soon will find out."

Young and Dakhlalla were among a number of people arrested around the country for Islamic State sympathies. Like many, authorities said, they had developed views supporting the Islamic State in part by watching online videos and were arrested after social media posts attracted the attention of the FBI.

The two were arrested in August 2015 before they could board the flight from Mississippi with tickets for Istanbul purchased using her mother's credit card without permission, according to court records. Authorities said the couple had contacted undercover federal agents in May, seeking online help in traveling to Syria. Both remained jailed in Oxford since their arrests.

Court papers say Young announced her conversion in March 2015 and began wearing a burqa, a garment worn by some Muslim women to cover their face and body.

"After her conversion, Young distanced herself from family and friends and felt spending time with non-Muslims would be a bad influence," prosecutors wrote.

A court statement said Young increasingly complained about the treatment of Muslims in the United States and United Kingdom. Prosecutors said that, after watching videos included pro-Islamic State messages from a British Muslim preacher who faces criminal charges of supporting the group, she began to view the fighters as liberators.

"Young continually asked Dakhlalla when they were going to join (the Islamic State group) and began to express hatred for the U.S. government and to express support for the implementation of Sharia law in the United States," prosecutors wrote.

By May 2015, she had begun seeking advice online on how to travel to Syria, eventually making contact with undercover FBI employees, according to prosecutors.

Young told the undercover FBI employees that she and Dakhlalla would like to be medics treating the wounded. Dakhlalla, in online contacts, said he was good with computers and media and wanted to contribute to the Islamic State's struggle. Court papers say Dakhlalla said online that he wanted to become a fighter and learn "what it really means to have that heart in battle."

Posted: at 13-08-2016 12:48 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- morgan1 at 13-08-2016 02:33 AM (7 years ago)
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See pretty girl dat choose to die ,,,,so sorry for u,12 years is even too small,,,,
Posted: at 13-08-2016 02:33 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- DrSoba at 13-08-2016 04:56 AM (7 years ago)
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Let her join them in jail. Useless pikin.
Posted: at 13-08-2016 04:56 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- waffibabe at 13-08-2016 05:46 AM (7 years ago)
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Islam is a religion of terrorism. Join today the next thing on your mind will be how  to  fight for donkey Allah. What will be her reward should she die in battle  fighting for Allah? Maybe  75  virgins horses that will tear her honeypot apartment. Evil religion
Posted: at 13-08-2016 05:46 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- GermoDon at 13-08-2016 06:18 AM (7 years ago)
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ok
Posted: at 13-08-2016 06:18 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- bennieben at 13-08-2016 07:14 AM (7 years ago)
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Good for her
Posted: at 13-08-2016 07:14 AM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
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- gogoman at 13-08-2016 08:17 AM (7 years ago)
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low brain cell
Posted: at 13-08-2016 08:17 AM (7 years ago) | Grande Master
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- CHRISETTE at 13-08-2016 09:13 AM (7 years ago)
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What a waste
Posted: at 13-08-2016 09:13 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- Slimchery at 13-08-2016 10:24 AM (7 years ago)
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wonders always make me laugh but never add to the account
Posted: at 13-08-2016 10:24 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Slimchery at 13-08-2016 10:49 AM (7 years ago)
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so waiting you say make i do abi na this wan go bring change?
Posted: at 13-08-2016 10:49 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Mynameis1 at 13-08-2016 10:59 AM (7 years ago)
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GIRLS....GHOSTS IN REAL FACES
Posted: at 13-08-2016 10:59 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kison at 13-08-2016 11:59 AM (7 years ago)
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CHILD OF FIRE, CANDIDATE OF HELL,,KEEP ON MASTURBATING WITH UR LIFE,, U BETTER BE careful, be very very careful, CAREFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL……………………………….
Posted: at 13-08-2016 11:59 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
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- zeigbo at 13-08-2016 09:45 PM (7 years ago)
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The coffee wey I dey drink commot for my nose as I read this

Posted: at 13-08-2016 09:45 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- anitajoseph at 13-08-2016 10:38 PM (7 years ago)
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You can't count the twelve apostles of christ Jesus
And not mention the Judas Iscariot, therefore a
Good couple can always give birth to
A yeye child, what she sow she shall reap
Good luck in spending 12 years in jail.
See you in 12 years time bye for now.
Posted: at 13-08-2016 10:38 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Otikadinje at 20-08-2016 08:16 PM (7 years ago)
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Good for the good looking Grin Grin Grin

Posted: at 20-08-2016 08:16 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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