14 Charged With Supporting Somali Terrorist Group

from National Public Radio

The Justice Department announced the arrests of more than a dozen Somali-Americans on Thursday. The action is part of a lengthy investigation into the recruitment of young Somali-American men by a terrorist group. Over the past two years, more than two dozen people have disappeared from their homes and turned up in Somalia with a group called al-Shabab. Melissa Block talks to NPR's Dina Temple-Raston.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, August 5, 2010