Greg McNeal on Minnesota Somalis traveling to Syria to fight
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Over the past few months, as many as 15 young Somali-American men from the Twin Cities have traveled to Syria to join radical groups trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime, according to the FBI.
Greg McNeal, an expert on national security law from Pepperdine University, joined MPR News' Tom Crann to discuss how their actions are illegal under U.S. law.
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