Illinois, New Jersey men admit to trying to support Islamic State | Reuters

CHICAGO/NEW YORK U.S. authorities on Thursday secured guilty pleas from two men in New Jersey and Chicago for trying to provide support to the Islamic State in a pair of cases following investigations nationally into potential supporters of the militant group. Alaa Saadeh, a 24-year-old who was among several men arrested in recent months in New York and New Jersey and accused of trying to aid the Islamic State, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to conspiring with others to provide material support to the group.

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