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.