Fourteen people, including U.S. citizens, have been arrested for their ties to a Somalia-based terrorism group linked to al Qaeda. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the arrests at a press conference Thursday afternoon. The individuals are said to have supported or tried to join Shabab, the Islamic extremist group that controls parts of the east African country. Twelve of the people are from Minnesota, one is from California, and another is from Alabama. According to media reports, the people from Minnesota traveled door-to-door saying they were raising funds for “poor and needy” people in Somalia but actually were directing the money to the foreign terror group.
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