Lisa Smith: IS recruit arrested after arriving back in Ireland

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Lisa Smith: IS recruit arrested after arriving back in Ireland

1 December 2019

An Irish citizen who became an Islamic State bride has been arrested after arriving back in Dublin.

Lisa Smith and her daughter travelled from Turkey after being deported, arriving in Ireland on Sunday.

She was arrested on arrival and it is expected she will now be interviewed by police about suspected terrorist offences.

Plans have also been made for the care of her two-year-old daughter, who was born in Syria but is an Irish citizen.

Miss Smith is a former member of the Irish Defence Forces.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50619857

[samir.g]

1. she's not a fighter

what's the point of keeping her locked up?

[Eugene]

2. If she were American, she would be charged with material support for terrorism.

According to the BBC, she insists she wasn't a fighter, but the Irish PM states she will be investigated.

She said was not involved in fighting and did not train girls to become fighters.

She also claimed she had been visited more than once by the FBI for questioning, and agents had taken her fingerprints and DNA.

Ms Smith had been living with her daughter in a Syrian refugee camp.

The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar had previously said she would "certainly" be investigated if she returned to Ireland.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50619857