El FBI investiga la matanza de California como acto terrorista

El FBI confirmó que está investigando como "un acto terrorista" la matanza perpetrada por un matrimonio musulmán en California, en medio de informaciones que apuntan a que la mujer manifestó su lealtad al grupo Estado Islámico (EI).

FBI: Three men in New York attempted to join ISIS

By CNN

One of three men arrested in the United States for attempting to join ISIS in Syria said the plan was to travel on Wednesday, hijack a flight and divert it "to the Islamic State, so that the Islamic State would gain a plane," according to a New York federal court complaint that was released Wednesday in Brooklyn.

In addition, the complaint said, one of three men arrested spoke of shooting U.S. President Barack Obama. The suspect, Abdurasul Jaraboev, 24, allegedly posted online: "Is it possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs anyway while here? What I'm saying is, to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves, will it do?"

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The FBI has arrested three men who allegedly attempted to fly from New York to Turkey in hopes of eventually joining ISIS in Syria, according to a complaint unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday.

The suspects -- identified as Abdurasul Jaraboev, 24; Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19; and Abror Habibov, 30 -- face charges that include providing material support for terrorists, authorities said.

The men allegedly discussed staging attacks in the United States, according to court papers.

Parts of their plan for attacks were posted online, the documents said.

In a conversation recorded by authorities, Saidakhmetov said that if he was unable to get travel documents to Syria, "I will just go out and buy a machine gun, AK-47, go out and shoot all police," according to the complaint.

Saidakhmetov told an informant that carrying a gun in the U.S. was legal.

"We will go and purchase one handgun ... then go and shoot one police officer," he is quoted as saying, according to the complaint. "Boom ...Then, we will take his gun, bullets and a bulletproof vest ... then, we will do the same with a couple of others."

He added, "Then we will go to the FBI headquarters, kill the FBI people."

One of the men was arrested in Florida, two others in New York.

Condenado en EEUU un científico por ofrecer la bomba nuclear

Por Raquel Márquez

Un científico argentino ha sido condenado hoy a cinco años de prisión y tres de libertad condicional en Estados Unidos por ofrecerse a construir armas nucleares a un agente encubierto del FBI que se hacía pasar por funcionario venezolano.

Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, de 79 años, con ciudadanía estadounidense, le aseguró al agente que podía construir 40 armas nucleares para Venezuela en diez años. Mascheroni trabajó en el laboratorio de Los Alamos entre 1979 y 1988, de acuerdo con la Fiscalía, el científico quería utilizar lo que aprendió allí para construir las armas.

En su defensa el acusado dijo que nunca dio información real, que tan sólo se trata de ciencia ficción, "vender humo". No obstante, Mascheroni y su mujer, Marjorie, se declararon culpables de varios cargos de espionaje en junio de 2013 después de que fueran arrestados. La mujer fue condenada a un año de prisión este pasado miércoles.