American Mother Pleads Guilty to Leading Battalion for ISIS

Heavy smoke from a fire caused by a strike rises in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the ISIS terrorists, as seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Oct. 10, 2014. Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

An American mother from Kansas pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal district court on Tuesday to organizing and leading an all-female military battalion for the ISIS terrorist group in Syria.

Allison Fluke-Ekren, a mother of five and former school teacher, admitted to training around 100 women and girls to support ISIS activities. She also plotted to carry out a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced, citing court documents.