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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

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) © flickr.com/ popculturegeek.com CALIFORNIA (RIA Novosti) - Four men from the western US ...