The family of a mother charged with joining the group and leading an all-female battalion armed with AK-47s says they want nothing to do with her, a federal prosecutor said on Monday.Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, made an initial appearance on Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, . The hearing lasted only minutes; she was ordered to remain in jail pending a detention hearing set for Thursday afternoon, and an attorney was appointed to represent her.At the end of the hearing, though, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh told the judge that he had been in contact with Fluke-Ekren's parents and her adult children, and all had said they wanted no contact with her.
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