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THE MINNEAPOLIS CONNECTION as published in LDR 04/21/15

Here is my column from LDR today. If you have been watching Fox News this afternoon you will have to admit I am really timely today. THE MINNESOTA CONNECTION Federal officials arrested six men over the weekend and charged them with conspiring to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization. Four of the young men, ranging in age from 19 to 21 were arrested in Minneapolis and two more were detained in San Diego where they had driven to buy fake passports. They had hoped to cross into Mexico and continue to Syria from there. These men were among several dozen Americans who have traveled or tried to travel to Syria to join ISIS in recent months. The Americans arrested so far have been a diverse group, with ages ranging from early teens to late forties, including many women, and have either been converts to Islam or children from Muslim immigrant families. About 100 Americans are being tracked by the FBI because of their travels to Syria. Lauri B Regan, writing in the