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Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, U.S. Teenager, Arrested Over Alleged Al Qaeda Links
Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, U.S. Teenager, Arrested Over Alleged Al Qaeda Links
April 20 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old Chicago-area man accused of planning to join an al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria has been arrested by the FBI, the agency said on Saturday.
Abdella Ahmad Tounisi of Aurora, Illinois, was taken into custody late on Friday as he prepared to board a plane at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport bound for Turkey, the FBI said in a statement.
It added that Tounisi was a friend of Adel Daoud, an American accused of trying to stage a bombing outside a downtown Chicago bar last year. The agency said Tounisi had not been involved in that plot.
Tounisiappeared before a U.S. magistrate on Saturday on one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He was ordered held until his next court appearance on Tuesday, the FBI said.
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/21/abdella-ahmad-tounisi-arrested-al-qaeda-chicago-teenager_n_3125096.html
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... can't walk and chew gum at the same time.
When big news hits like 'Newtown' or 'Boston' etc they should at least take ten minutes out of every hour to talk about everything else that is going on.
