Monday, June 7, 2010

Men Arrested For Conspiring to Attack

Two men were arrested in the JFK airport in New York for conspiring an act of international terrorism.Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20 and Carlos Eduardo Almonte,24, were planning to join a jihadist group in Somalia and attack American troops overseas. They will be tried in New Jersey today. The two men have been under suspicion since 2006. The government of Somalia is welcoming in these arrests in order to diminish the power of extremist groups.

Submitted By: Nora Beswick

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