WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convictedHalima Salman, 27, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Brooklyn, also known as "Umm Khattab al-Muhajir," of receiving military-type training from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in Syria. Salman was convicted after a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Natasha C. Merle.
"The atrocities committed by ISIS, including mass executions, sexual slavery, and the systematic terrorizing of civilian populations, represent some of the gravest crimes of our time," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. ...