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 Three men from Brooklyn, New York, were arrested on Wednesday and accused of plotting to wage jihad for ISIS. One of the men had offered to kill President Barack Obama if the militants asked him to, authorities said. 
 
 Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn identified the men as Abdurasul Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30. Juraboev and Habibov are Uzbek citizens, and Saidakhmetov is a citizen of Kazakhstan, the prosecutors said. 
 
 Juraboev and Saidakhmetov plotted to travel to Turkey and then to Syria to wage jihad, and Habibov helped pay for the plan, the prosecutors said. Saidakhmetov was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he tried to board a flight to Istanbul. 
 
 “Anyone who threatens our citizens and our allies, here or abroad, will face the full force of American justice,” said Loretta Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn. 
 
 All three were charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. Each faces up to 15 years in prison. 
 
 Juraboev and Saidakhmetov were due in court in Brooklyn later in the day. Habibov appeared in court in Jacksonville, Florida, and was given a court date of March 3, NBC affiliate WTLV reported. 
 
 Juraboev attracted the attention of law enforcement in August when he posted on a pro-ISIS website, the prosecutors said. In the posting, he offered to kill Obama if ISIS asked him to, they said. His plans also included planting a bomb on Coney Island, the FBI said. 
 
 In the posting, Juraboev wondered what he might do while still in the United States, according to a criminal complaint: “What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama and then got shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels.” 
 
 Saidakhmetov expressed an intention to shoot police officers and FBI agents if he couldn’t join ISIS in Syria, the prosecutors said. 
 
 “We treat that very seriously,” Commissioner Bill Bratton of the New York police said of the alleged potential U.S. attacks. “This is real.” 
 
 Juraboev and Saidakhmetov were identified as legal permanent residents of the United States. Habibov had overstayed a visa, New York police said. He runs kiosks in several states that sell kitchenware and repair cellphones, according to the criminal complaint. 
 
 As NBC News reported in October, social media is increasingly important both as a recruiting tool for terrorist groups and as a way for the FBI to stop would-be jihadis. 
 
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 — Pete Williams and Jonathan Dienst ||||| NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials say three men have been taken into custody in the United States on charges they plotted to travel overseas to join the Islamic State. 
 
 They say one man was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, one was arrested in Brooklyn and one in Florida. They were arrested just after midnight and were expected to appear in federal court later Wednesday. 
 
 Federal prosecutors say two of the men came to the attention of law enforcement last summer after they expressed online support for the groups. 
 
 They are charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support. 
 
 The Islamic State group largely consists of Sunni militants from Iraq and Syria but has also drawn fighters from across the Muslim world and Europe. ||||| NEW YORK Three men were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to support Islamic State, including two who planned to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of the radical group, U.S. authorities said. 
 
 One of the men, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, of Kazakhstan, was arrested on Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, where authorities said he was attempting to board a flight to Turkey on his way to Syria. 
 
 Another defendant, Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, of Uzbekistan, previously purchased a ticket for a March flight to Istanbul, said Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn. 
 
 Abror Habibov, 30, of Uzbekistan, was accused of funding Saidakhmetov's efforts. 
 
 All three men live in Brooklyn. 
 
 At a hearing in Brooklyn federal court for Juraboev and Saidakhmetov, Adam Perlmutter, a lawyer for Saidakhmetov, called his client "a very young man" and said they would fight the case "vigorously." 
 
 Habibov was expected to appear in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday as well. 
 
 Juraboev drew the attention of federal agents when he posted messages on an Uzbek-language website stating his desire to join Islamic State and his willingness to kill U.S. President Barack Obama. A U.S.-led coalition has been fighting Islamic State, which controls swaths of Iraq and Syria. 
 
 Agents interviewed Juraboev at his home in August 2014, when he acknowledged wanting to fight for Islamic State in Syria and confirmed he would be willing to harm Obama, according to the criminal complaint. 
 
 He also told the agents about a friend, Saidakhmetov, who shared similar views, the complaint said. 
 
 Investigators recorded conversations between the two men using a confidential informant who approached Juraboev at a mosque, posing as a sympathizer. 
 
 The men discussed how to carry out attacks in the United States, according to the complaint. 
 
 "I will just go a buy a machine gun, AK-47, go out and shoot all police," Saidakhmetov said during one conversation, the complaint said. 
 
 Saidakhmetov worked for Habibov, who operates mobile phone repair kiosks in malls in Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Pennsylvania, prosecutors said. 
 
 Habibov paid for Saidakhmetov's ticket and promised additional funds, according to the complaint. 
 
 A number of others have been charged recently with aiding Islamic State. At a speech in Washington earlier on Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey said Islamic State was using propaganda to attract "troubled souls." 
 
 Comey said there are Islamic State-related investigations into homegrown extremists in all 50 states. 
 
 (Reporting by Joseph Ax in New York; Additional reporting by Nate Raymond in New York and Lindsay Dunsmuir in Washington; Editing by Bill Trott, G Crosse and Mohammad Zargham)
– Three Brooklyn men have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a terror group, per a federal indictment unsealed today. As NBC reports, the men—ages 19, 24, and 30—are accused of planning to join ISIS in Syria, though prosecutors say that they also discussed domestic attacks if they couldn't make it out of the country. Reuters names the men as Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, of Uzbekistan and Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, of Kazakhstan; Abror Habibov, 30, of Uzbekistan is accused of what Reuters calls "helping to fund Saidakhmetov's efforts to join [ISIS]." The arrests came just after midnight, reports the AP; all are due today in federal courts in New York and Florida. Saidakhmetov was arrested at JFK International Airport, where he was trying to fly to Syria by way of a Turkey-bound flight. Juraboev had purchased a ticket to Istanbul for next month; he was arrested in Brooklyn. Per Reuters, he didn't exactly play hard to get after attracting the attention of feds last August by posting pro-ISIS sentiments online, as well as his willingness to kill President Obama: "Agents interviewed Juraboev at his home in August 2014, where he repeated his support for Islamic State, said he wanted to travel to Syria to wage war on its behalf and confirmed he would be willing to harm Obama, according to the criminal complaint." He also helpfully told feds about his like-minded friend Saidakhmetov. The Wall Street Journal has the full indictment here.