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April 21, 2013
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Syrian rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, wave their brigade flag as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter, at Taftanaz air base that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday January 11 2013 (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network ENN)

FBI: US teen tried to join Syrian al-Qaeda-linked group

Suspect made contact with agent posing as recruiter for Jabhat al-Nusrah, expressing ‘his willingness to die for the cause’

By Michael Tarm

January 24, 2013
10:38 pm

The Leopold Cafe, one of the sites struck during the Mumbai, India terrorist attacks of 2008 (photo credit: Greg O'Beirne/Wikimedia/Commons/File)

US citizen who aided Mumbai attack gets 35 years

American carried out meticulous scouting missions that helped terrorists plan raid that killed 160, including six people in Chabad center

By Michael Tarm