Halima Salman convicted of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State
New York woman Halima Salman was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State, after her father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to a fighter, CBS News reported. CBS News said she recalled bombings during her final year of marriage.
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Halima Salman, a New York woman, was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State, the militant group. According to CBS News, her father brought her to Syria as a teenager and arranged for her to marry an Islamic State fighter.
At trial, Halima Salman testified: “You try to leave, it is death,” The Guardian reported. She described her final year of marriage as harrowing, saying constant bombings sometimes forced the couple to live in the streets, where she saw “dead bodies everywhere.” Salman testified that she and her husband eventually fled with other refugees in a truck. She told him they would separate and said she never saw him again, CBS reported. The Guardian reported that her mother and defense attorneys wept after the verdict.
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- CBS News — U.S. woman who became ISIS teen bride convicted of getting weapons training from terror group - CBS News
- The Guardian — US teen whose father arranged her marriage to Islamic State fighter convicted for weapons training
- richmondregister.com — US woman convicted of getting Islamic State training after becoming teen bride to a fighter
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CBS News, the Richmond Register, and The Guardian all report Halima Salman’s conviction for receiving weapons training from the Islamic State. The Associated Press coverage carried by CBS News and the Richmond Register and The Guardian’s report are consistent with the proposed event and its timing.