article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Noelle Velentzas, 28, couldn't understand why U.S. citizens like Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui were traveling overseas to wage jihad when U.S. citizens like herself could simply "make history" at home by unleashing terrorist attacks, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui, were arrested and accused of planning to build an explosive device for attacks in the United States, federal prosecutors said.
article_snippet.sent: a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday paints a picture of a disturbing trend in homegrown violent extremism.
article_snippet.sent: " asked Velentzas, adding that people needed to refer to people as "citizens of the Islamic State.
article_snippet.sent: If convicted, the women face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
article_snippet.sent: Velentzas and Siddiqui repeatedly expressed support for violent jihad, the complaint said.
article_snippet.sent: Velentzas and Siddiqui praised successful and unsuccessful terror attempts against Americans.
article_snippet.sent: As alleged, the defendants in this case carefully studied how to construct an explosive device to launch an attack on the homeland," Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: We remain firm in We resolve to hold accountable anyone who would seek to terrorize the American people, whether by traveling abroad to commit attacks overseas or by plotting here at home.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said the women "researched and acquired" components for a car bomb such as the one used in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a fertilizer bomb such as the one used in the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City and a pressure cooker device such as the one used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
highlights_snippet.sent: Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui are arrested in connection with a plot inspired by ISIS .
  