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Twin Cities teen pleads guilty to terrorism conspiracy charges

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StarTribune.com ^ | 2/26/15 | STAFF REPORT

Admits he hoped to join ISIS in the Middle East

A Somali-American teenager from Inver Grove Heights pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to conspiring to join terrorists fighting in the Middle East.

Adullahi Yusuf, 18, is the first defendant to plead guilty in the FBI’s long-running investigation of Minnesotans who have tried to enlist or fight with forces aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Last May Yusuf was stopped by FBI agents as he tried to board a flight bound for Turkey at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.

On Thursday, Yusuf admitted to Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis that before his arrest he had made plans to join up with a friend, Abdi Nur, in Turkey. From there, he said, the pair planned to make their way to fight with ISIL. He also acknowledged that in spring of 2014 he attended Islamist meetings in Minneapolis and started making plans to flee country.

Yusuf’s case took an unusual twist early this month when federal officials said they wanted to send him to a residential facility, rather than prison, and enroll him in a court-backed counseling program designed to turn him away from radicalization. He is currently being held in a halfway house and a sentencing date has not been set.

The day after Yusef was stopped from boarding his flight, Nur was able to elude authorities and fly out of the Twin Cities. He is believed to be fighting in the Middle East. He is under federal charges alleging that he conspired to work with terrorists.
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