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| US charges seven with terrorism | US charges seven with terrorism |
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| Seven US men have been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad. | Seven US men have been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad. |
| One of the men, Daniel Boyd, 39, is a US citizen who trained in Afghanistan and fought there between 1989 and 1992, officials said. | One of the men, Daniel Boyd, 39, is a US citizen who trained in Afghanistan and fought there between 1989 and 1992, officials said. |
| When he returned to the US, he recruited others to engage in terrorism abroad, the Justice Department alleged. | When he returned to the US, he recruited others to engage in terrorism abroad, the Justice Department alleged. |
| The men were arrested in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area. | The men were arrested in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area. |
| "The indictment alleges that Daniel Boyd is a veteran of terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan who, over the past three years, has conspired with others in this country to recruit and help young men travel overseas in order to kill," said David Kris, of the US Department of Justice. | |
| According to the indictment, from late 2006 until at least July 2009, Boyd and the other defendants engaged in a conspiracy to advance violent jihad abroad. | |
| They prepared themselves to commit acts of violence abroad, the indictment alleges, and reportedly arranged weapons training, funding and travel for others who wished to fight overseas. |