An Arizona woman was arrested earlier this week while waiting for a flight to Syria for sending money to someone she believed to be an al-Qaeda agent to support an effort to “kill Americans,” the Department of Justice.
Jill Marie Jones arrived at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Wednesday allegedly hoping to board a flight to Turkey and then travel to Syria, where she would begin her new life working with Al Qaeda. Instead, she was met at her door by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a press release on Friday morning.
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Jones, a 35-year-old Chandler resident, started talking to someone who was actually an undercover agent on March 4. His communications continued until early May, when the undercover agent connected with a second person, also an undercover agent, who told him “that he facilitated the movement of people,” according to the criminal complaint regarding his arrest.
When the second agent asked Jones about his support for Al Qaeda and his desire to move to Afghanistan, he allegedly replied: “I am aware of the dangers that come with it. But I know it’s worth it.
“I don’t know what will happen to me there, or what I can do to help,” he told the person, according to court documents. “But I want to try, and supporting AQ against the oppressors would be an honor.”
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Aerial view of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on January 6, 2020.
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She spoke about how she had once considered “acting” in Arizona, and mentioned how there was a “base” nearby, court documents show. In May, when the agent asked him if he had money to spare “to be used to kill Americans” by purchasing weapons, he finally forced and sent the undercover agent a $ 500 Visa prepaid gift card, according to the court. documents.
“The timing is interesting,” he said during a mid-May conversation about the transaction. “Because of the coronavirus, we all got money from the government. Free money basically. Anyway, we would be late without him, and it would be very ironic if the money that goes to this … Give us free money, and I turn them around. “
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Jones was charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
