article_snippet.sent: They are the latest people from Minnesota to be charged in an investigation stretching back months into the recruitment of Westerners by IS.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities said earlier that a handful of Minnesota residents have traveled to Syria to fight with militants in the past year, and at least one has died.
article_snippet.sent: Despite being stopped already, U.S. Attorney Andrew M Luger said, the three others continued to try to get to Syria to join IS 'by any means possible.'
article_snippet.sent: The complaint describes several interactions some of six Somali-American men from Minnesota had with Abdi Nur, a Minnesota man charged previously with conspiracy to provide support to a terror organization.
article_snippet.sent: The complaint says Nur, 'from Nur locale in Syria, recruits individuals and provides assistance to those who want to leave Minnesota to fight abroad.'
article_snippet.sent: The Minneapolis area is home to the largest concentration of Somali immigrants in U.S.
article_snippet.sent: Since 2007, more than 22 young Somali men have also traveled from Minnesota to Somalia to join the militant group al-Shabab.
highlights_snippet.sent: 20 arrested in Minnesota .
  