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March 18, 2010

5 Jailed US Citizens Charged in Pakistan
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In Pakistan, five jailed US citizens have been formally charged with
plotting terrorist attacks following their arrest last year. The five,
all male students in their twenties, are accused of seeking to join
militant groups to fight US troops in Afghanistan. They were arrested in
December after their families reported them missing back home in
Virginia. They’ve claimed they’ve been tortured since their arrest and
had traveled to Pakistan only to help provide financial and medical
support to fellow Muslims in Afghanistan.



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