IS leader's widow charged with role in death of US hostage Kayla Mueller
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Kayla Mueller
Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar also known as Umm Sayyaf admitted after her capture last May that she and her husband kept Mueller captive along with several other young female hostages according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case. U.S. officials have said that while in custody Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the leader of the IS group. The criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors in Alexandria Virginia charges Umm Sayyaf with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terror organization resulting in death. The case was brought one year after Mueller was confirmed dead by her family and the Obama administration although it is not clear when or if Umm Sayyaf will be brought to the U.S. to stand trial. The 25-year-old Iraqi woman who was captured last year is currently in Iraqi custody and facing prosecution there. Her husband Abu Sayyaf a former Islamic State minister for oil and gas was killed last May in a Delta Force raid of his compound. Read More
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