A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has found American citizen Halima Salman guilty of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization after reviewing evidence that she traveled abroad to receive military instruction from the Islamic State group. Following several days of trial and deliberation, jurors accepted prosecutorial evidence demonstrating that Salman traveled to Syria and joined an all-female armed military battalion operated by the militant group.
During the trial, federal prosecutors presented digital communications, forensic records, and testimony from intelligence specialists establishing that Salman received tactical training in firearm handling, explosive assembly, and insurgent logistics. Defense counsel maintained that the government relied largely on circumstantial travel documents and coerced statements obtained in overseas detention facilities without direct photographic or physical corroboration. The jury nevertheless returned convictions on all felony counts of material support and foreign military training, leaving the defendant facing statutory prison terms of up to several decades when formal sentencing takes place.
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