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Zachary Adam Chesser, seen here at a Revolution Muslim rally in April in Washington, D.C., was arrested on July 21, 2010, for allegedly providing material support to a Somalia-based terrorist organization, Al Shabab. Chesser, 20, of Fairfax County, Va., allegedly communicated with radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.![Mohamed Alessa & Carlos Eduardo Almonte]()
Mohamed Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, both residents of New Jersey, were arrested on June 5, 2010, for conspiring to travel to Somalia, where they allegedly intended to join Al Shabab and wage jihad.![Barry Walter Bujol, Jr.]()
Barry Walter Bujol, Jr., of Hempstead, Texas, is accused of trying to assist Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula by providing the terror organization currency, GPS receivers and U.S. military publications, authorities say. Bujol, 29, also was charged with aggravated identity theft.![Hor & Amera Akl]()
Hor Akl, and his wife, Amera, dual citizens of the U.S. and Lebanon who lived in Ohio, were arrested in June for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to Hezbollah, a foreign terrorist organization. The Akls, both 37, also face charges that they conspired to launder money and committed arson in connection to insurance fraud.![Khalid Ouazzani]()
Khalid Ouazzani, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Morocco who worked as an auto parts dealer in Kansas City, pleaded guilty on May 19, 2010, to conspiracy to provide material support to Al Qaeda, including $23,000 he gave to the terror organization.![Faisal Shahzad]()
June 21: In this courtroom sketch, Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, pleads guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Manhattan Federal Court in connection to the failed May 1 car bombing in New York's Times Square.![Wesam El-Hanafi & Sabirhan Hasanoff]()
Wesam El-Hanafi, center, and Sabirhan Hasanoff, are seen with U.S. Attorney John Cronan during their initial appearance on terrorism-related charges at U.S. District Court in Virginia on April 30, 2010. Both men, who are former residents of Brooklyn, N.Y., allegedly conspired to provide material support to Al Qaeda.![Jamie Paulin-Ramirez]()
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, of Leadville, Colo., was charged on April 2, 2010, with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. A month earlier, Paulin-Ramirez was arrested in Ireland with six others in the so-called "Jihad Jane" case as authorities investigated an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose work had offended many Muslims.![Raja Khan]()
Raja Lahrasib Kahn, 56, of Chicago, was charged in March with attempting to send money to a Pakistan-based terrorist organization with alleged ties to Al Qaeda. Khan, who worked as a cab driver, has been ordered held without bond.![Colleen LaRose]()
Using the online pseudonyms "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima Rose," Colleen LaRose, 46, allegedly posted on Islamic Internet forums and other websites in an attempt to recruit like-minded Muslims in a plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist. LaRose, a Pennsylvania resident originally from Michigan, invited Jamie Paulin-Ramirez to join her to attend a "training camp" in Europe, according to court documents.![Adis Medunjanin]()
Adis Medunjanin, a naturalized citizen from Bosnia and resident of New York, was indicted on Feb. 25, 2010, for his alleged role in an Al Qaeda plot to bomb New York City's subway system. Medunjanin, seen here in a courtroom sketch with attorney Robert Gottlieb, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he flew to Pakistan to get military training from Al Qaeda.![Zarein Ahmedzay]()
Zarein Ahmedzay, seen here in an undated courtroom sketch, pleaded guilty on April 23, 2010, to terrorism charges in an Al Qaeda plot to bomb the New York City subway system.![David Headley]()
David Headley, seen here in an undated courtroom sketch, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges on March 18, 2010, for his role in plotting the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, which killed more than 160 people. Headley, of Chicago, was also charged in a seperate plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.![Moussa Ali Hamdan]()
Lebanese-American Moussa Ali Hamdan, left, is escorted by Paraguayan security forces to a legal hearing in Asuncion on June 16, 2010. Hamdan, arrested on an Interpol warrant, was detained pending a formal extradition request from U.S. authorities for his alleged involvement in financing Hezbollah.![Tarek Mehanna & Ahmad Abousamra]()
Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Mass., and Ahmad Abousamra, 28, formerly of Boston, were indicted on June 17, 2010, for allegedly providing material support to Al Qaeda. Mehanna pleaded not guilty to all counts in a Boston courtroom last week and a trial was set for Oct. 3, 2001. Abousamra, not pictured, is a fugitive believed to be living in Syria.![Michael_Finton]()
Michael C. Finton, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested on Sept. 23, 2009, and was later charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to murder federal employees after trying to detonate a truck bomb outside an Illinois federal courthouse in Springfield.![Daniel Patrick Boyd, Zakaria Boyd and Dylan Boyd]()
Daniel Patrick Boyd, 39, seen here, and his sons, Dylan Boyd, 22, and Zakariya Boyd, 20, not pictured, were among eight men charged in July 2009 with plotting terrorist attacks overseas and securing weapons and training in North Carolina. Daniel Patrick Boyd has also been charged with planning an attack on the Marine base in Quantico, Va.![Anes Subasic]()
Anes Subasic, 33, seen here in an undated photo provided by the Department of Justice, was among eight men charged last July for allegedly plotting jihad overseas from their North Carolina homes.![Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan]()
Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, seen here in an undated handout photo, was indicted on July 22, 2009, for allegedly plotting holy war overseas from his North Carolina home.![Ziyad Yaghi]()
Ziyad Yaghi, seen in an undated handout photo, was indicted on July 22, 2009, for allegedly plotting holy war overseas from his North Carolina home.![Onta Williams, David Williams and James Cromitie]()
June 14, 2010: In this courtroom sketch, defendants Onta Williams, left, Laguerre Payen, center in white shirt, David Williams, third from right, and James Cromitie, right, sit with their attorneys in federal court in White Plains, N.Y. The trial of the four men accused of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and shoot a missile at military planes, was delayed -- probably for months -- at the request of prosecutors after they were dealt a setback on evidence. (Payen is not a U.S. citizen.)![Salah Osman Ahmed & Kamal Said Hassan]()
Salah Osman Ahmed, of Brooklyn Park, Minn., is one of roughly 20 of Minnesota Somalis who allegedly left the state from December 2007 through October 2009 to join al-Shabab, a terror organization with ties to Al Qaeda. Ahmed pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists on July 28, 2009, but was recently freed with conditions after months in custody. Kamal Said Hassan (not pictured), who pleaded guilty to providing material support to al-Shabab, allegedly traveled to Somalia with Ahmed in 2007 and continued to work with the group after his training. Hassan is the only suspect to remain behind bars in Minnesota, the Associated Press reports.![Bryant Neal Vinas]()
Bryant Neal Vinas, 26, of Long Island, N.Y., pleaded guilty on Jan. 28, 2009, to conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens abroad and to receiving training from Al Qaeda in connection to a 2008 rocket attack he participated in on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.U.S. Citizens Charged With Terrorism Violations
Before Thursday's indictment of 14 people, including several American citizens, on terror related charges 34 U.S. citizens had been charged between 2009 and 2010 for providing aid to terror groups. Called Category I, these charges include use of weapons of mass destruction, terrorist acts abroad against U.S. nationals and providing material support to terrorists, among other charges. Editors Note: Photographs of Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax and Betim Kaziutwo --two U.S. citizens who meet these criteria -- -- were not available.
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- U.S. Citizens Charged With Terrorism Violations
