German ISIS Bride Sells Kalashnikov She Received as Wedding Present in Syria

AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles. (REUTERS)
AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles. (REUTERS)
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German ISIS Bride Sells Kalashnikov She Received as Wedding Present in Syria

AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles. (REUTERS)
AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles. (REUTERS)

Prosecutors in Germany said a German woman who joined the ISIS terrorist group was obliged to sell her wedding present, an AK47 rifle, under tough financial circumstances.

Federal prosecutors said they have indicted the woman on three counts of participating in the activities of a “foreign terrorist organization,” breaching arms control laws and committing a war crime.

The suspect is alleged to have traveled to Syria in 2014 to join the terrorist group, The Associated Press reported.

According to prosecutors, the woman requested a Kalashnikov rifle as a wedding present from her second husband in 2015, but after several weeks “it had to be sold due to a shortage of money.”

She was arrested on her return to Germany in May, where she now faces trial.



NATO Boss Held Talks with Trump in Florida, Alliance Says

FILE PHOTO: New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a press conference, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a press conference, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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NATO Boss Held Talks with Trump in Florida, Alliance Says

FILE PHOTO: New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a press conference, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a press conference, at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met US President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance said on Saturday.
"They discussed the range of global security issues facing the Alliance," the spokesperson, Farah Dakhlallah, said in a brief statement.
On its website, NATO said Rutte and his team also met with Congressman Mike Waltz, Trump's pick to be his national security adviser when he returns to the White House, and other members of the president-elect's national security team.
On Friday, NATO did not respond to requests for comment on Dutch media reports that Rutte - a former prime minister of the Netherlands - had flown to Florida on a Dutch government plane to meet Trump.
Rutte, who took office as NATO chief last month, was widely regarded as one of the best European leaders at forging a good working relationship with Trump during his first, 2017-21 term as US president.