leader of the plot; she hoped to serve as a member of medical personnel while Dakhlalla wished to engage in combat. The two had no previous legal infractions. Both were arrested on August 8 at Golden Triangle Regional Airport near Columbus, Mississippi; they had an itinerary on Delta Air Lines to fly to Istanbul, Turkey via Atlanta and Amsterdam. They were supposed to meet their would-be recruiter at the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) in Istanbul. The two were, as pre-trial inmates, housed in a jail in Oxford, Mississippi. Judge S. Allan Alexander chose not to grant them bail due to a belief that the two may have still wished to cause a terrorist act. On March 13, 2016, Dakhlalla pleaded guilty to the offense of "conspiring to provide material support" to a terrorist organization; in August 2016 U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock gave him an eight-year prison sentence and 15 years of supervised release. He fully cooperated with investigators and gave them a series of letters that Young sent to Dakhlalla while they were imprisoned; she did not realize that he was going to cooperate with the federal government. Dakhlalla is in Federal Correctional Institution Jesup near Jesup, Georgia. On March 30, 2016, Young pleaded guilty to the same offense that Dakhlalla pleaded guilty to, doing so in Aberdeen, Mississippi federal court. She was sentenced by Aycock to 12 years in federal prison on August 11, 2016. After the prison sentence, Young would have 15 years of probation. Aycock ordered that, during the probation period, law enforcement may search Young's electronic devices to check whether she is engaging in terrorist-related activity on the internet. References External links Criminal complaint People from Starkville, Mississippi Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members Living people People convicted on terrorism charges People from Vicksburg, Mississippi Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Palestinian descent American Islamists