Another Minnesota man has been charged with conspiring to
help the Islamic State.
Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame, 20, of Eagan was charged
Wednesday by criminal complaint with conspiracy to provide material support to
a foreign terrorist organization.
Court documents allege Warsame tried to help other young
men from Minnesota's Somali community travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic
State. Nine others in that group have already been charged, authorities say.
The documents allege Warsame and others settled on a plan
of going to Syria by way of Mexico.
According to an FBI special agent's affidavit, one man
who was planning to leave for Syria appointed Warsame to replace him as
"emir," or leader, of the group.
"As the new emir, Warsame immediately encouraged
those with passports and money to travel to Syria by the end of the upcoming
summer," the affidavit said.
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