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| US woman Nicole Mansfield killed fighting in Syria | US woman Nicole Mansfield killed fighting in Syria |
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| An American woman has been killed in Syria fighting for opposition forces, her family have been told by the FBI. | An American woman has been killed in Syria fighting for opposition forces, her family have been told by the FBI. |
| Nicole Mansfield, who was 33 and from Flint in Michigan, converted to Islam about five years ago, her aunt told Reuters news agency. | Nicole Mansfield, who was 33 and from Flint in Michigan, converted to Islam about five years ago, her aunt told Reuters news agency. |
| The family did not know the details of how she died, the agency reported. | The family did not know the details of how she died, the agency reported. |
| State-run TV in Syria showed pictures of a passport and a Michigan driving licence apparently belonging to Ms Mansfield. | State-run TV in Syria showed pictures of a passport and a Michigan driving licence apparently belonging to Ms Mansfield. |
| The woman's cousin, David Speelman, told the Associated Press that FBI agents had visited the family on Thursday to tell them of Ms Mansfield's death. | The woman's cousin, David Speelman, told the Associated Press that FBI agents had visited the family on Thursday to tell them of Ms Mansfield's death. |
| The Detroit Free Press reported that Ms Mansfield, who was raised a Baptist, had previously been married to an Arab man, and also had a teenage daughter. | The Detroit Free Press reported that Ms Mansfield, who was raised a Baptist, had previously been married to an Arab man, and also had a teenage daughter. |
| The photographs on her ID show her wearing a hijab or Muslim headscarf. | |
| The paper said that Ms Mansfield had dropped out of school after becoming pregnant but later gained her GED or high school equivalency qualification. | |
| She had worked in health care for the past decade. | |
| Her father was a General Motors production worker. | |
| Her grandmother told the newspaper that she had "a heart of gold," but was easily influenced by others. | |
| "I think she could have been brainwashed," Carole Mansfield said. |