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FBI Worries About Influx of Americans Joining Radical Group in Syrian Civil War

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is worried that Americans are becoming radicalized by al-Qaeda-linked militant groups while fighting in the Syrian civil war, the Associated Press reports. Some estimates place the number of Americans involved in the conflict at a couple dozen. Feds have already arrested at least three Americans this year for planning to…

FBI Helps Recover Stolen Civil War Flag Missing for Almost 30 Years

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Missing for almost three decades, a civil-war battle flag stolen in the 1980s by a volunteer at the Memorial Hall Museum (Confederate Memorial Hall) of New Orleans, has been recovered, the FBI announced this week. The FBI said the Art Crime Team in the FBI Miami Division initially got some information and…