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Four Men Charged in US Terror Plot

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">CALIFORNIA
(RIA Novosti) - Four men from the western US state of California, including one
who served in the Air Force, have been charged in a terror plot the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says was designed to bomb US government
facilities overseas and kill Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A
federal complaint unsealed late Monday charges that the four men planned to
join al-Qaida and the Taliban in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and then engage in
“violent jihad,” according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
complaint says the plot began with 34-year-old Sohiel Omar Kabir, a naturalized
<st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> citizen who was born in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
served in the Air Force in 2000 and 2001, according to The Associated Press.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Authorities
claim he introduced two of the suspects, 23-year-old Ralph Deleon and
21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales, to radical Islamist doctrine
after they converted to Islam in 2010, and they later recruited a fourth
suspect, 21-year-old Arifeen David Gojali.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
three recruits allegedly discussed their plans for jihad in online discussions
and Skype calls with Kabir in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:country-region>,
and on at least two occasions went to shooting ranges in <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state>
where one of the men reportedly told a confidential source he wanted to use C-4
explosives in a truck to blow up a <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> military base.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
FBI says the three men and the confidential source bought tickets and planned
to depart on the first leg of their journey on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">They
remain in custody in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place>.
Kabir is being held in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
They each face up to 15 years in federal prison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Four Men Charged in US Terror Plot

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Suicide Attack in Yemen ‘Kills 20’

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) --- At least 20 people have been killed and another two dozen have been wounded in a suicide attack in southern Yemen, the BBC reported on Sunday, quoting Yemeni officials.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The attack targeted a funeral service in the city of Jaar, in the restive Abyan provice, the report said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The funeral was for a man linked to a militia group which had helped the government army fight al-Qaeda.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Earlier this year, government troops carried out a major offensive against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Abyan after they seized several cities, including the provincial capital of Zinjibar, last spring. The army regained control over most of the region in June with the help of pro-government militias.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Suicide Attack in Yemen ‘Kills 20’

MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) --- At least 20 people have been killed and another two dozen have been wounded in a suicide attack in southern Yeme...