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Two Americans Arrested on Terrorism Charges

   VOA News 06 June 2010
   No  one  came out of the home of one of Carlos Eduardo Almonte, one of
   the men arrested at JFK airport as he tried to board a plane bound for
   Egypt, in North Bergen, New Jersey, 06 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   No  one  came out of the home of one of Carlos Eduardo Almonte, one of
   the men arrested at JFK airport as he tried to board a plane bound for
   Egypt, in North Bergen, New Jersey, 06 Jun 2010

   Police  in New York have arrested two men who were allegedly preparing
   to join an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia.

   Federal  and  state authorities say the two men were arrested Saturday
   night at John F. Kennedy International Airport. They are identified as
   Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 26.

   Officials say the suspects, who are both U.S. citizens, were preparing
   to board separate flights to Egypt. From there, they allegedly planned
   to make their way to Somalia to join the militant group al-Shabab.

   Alessa  and Almonte have been charged with conspiring to commit an act
   of international terrorism.

   Federal  and  state  authorities  say  the  two  men  have  been under
   investigation  for  several  years.  They are scheduled to appear in a
   federal court on Monday.

   Al-Shabab  is  trying  to topple the U.N.-backed government of Somalia
   and turn the country into a strict Islamic state.

   The  group  is  on  the U.S. government's list of designated terrorist
   organizations.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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