March 19, 2016 by

Authorities allege Virginia man plotted to join ISIS

Mohamad Jamal Khweis says he “made a bad decision” in traveling to the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul in Iraq before he was captured by Kurdish forces this week.

Source:: CNN

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