BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:25 P.M.) – An Iraqi court sentenced a French woman to life in prison for her alleged links to the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), the AFP News Agency reported this morning.
According to the AFP report, the French national Melina Boughedir was given a life prison term after it was found that she entered Iraq to join ISIS.
“I am innocent,” Boughedir told the judge in French, as quoted by the Daily Mail.
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“My husband duped me and then threatened to leave with the children,” she added.
Boughedir was previously sentenced to seven months in prison in February for entering the country illegally; however, prior to her deportation, she was given a retrial, which resulted in the Iraqi court giving her a life prison term.
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