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Pakistan: Jailed US Citizens Sought to Join Militant Groups

HeadlineDec 11, 2009

In Pakistan, the five US citizens arrested earlier this week are being accused of seeking to join militant groups to fight US troops in Afghanistan. The five young men were arrested after their families reported them missing in northern Virginia last week. Pakistani police say the men told interrogators they came to Pakistan to engage in jihadist activity.

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