Two Americans Charged with Supporting ’ISIL’

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Two young American men, one of whom is in the Middle East fighting, have been charged with supporting the so-called "Daesh" ["ISIL"] group, the US War Department said on Tuesday.

Abdi Nur, 20, and Abdullahi Yusuf, 18, have been charged with "conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, "ISIL"" Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said.

Yusuf in Minneapolis sought an expedited US passport for his trip to Turkey, but could not give an itinerary or explain the source of his funds for his trip, as he was unemployed, authorities said. He was to appear in court on Tuesday in Minneapolis.

Abdi Nur, who traveled to Turkey on May 29, through which many extremists pass en route to fight with "Daesh", was to have returned to the United States June 16 but did not, the statement added.

"More than 16,000 recruits from over 90 countries traveled to Syria to become foreign terrorist [militants] with alarming consequences," Carlin said.

With these two extremists, 15 individuals have been charged with offenses related to the foreign fighting in Syria, he added.
 
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