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[American Islamic leaders] said that the case — along with the recent recruitment of young Somali-American men in Minnesota by a violent group in Somalia — suggested that at least a small number young American Muslims were drawn to extremist views. They pledged to start a nationwide campaign to counter such attitudes.

The five men, some of whom knew one another from their mosque in Alexandria, Va., disappeared from their homes in late November, officials said.

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