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| WASHINGTON — Federal authorities in Illinois arrested an Army National Guardsman who they say tried to travel to Libya to fight on behalf of the Islamic State and was helping his cousin plot an attack on an American military base, the Justice Department said on Thursday. | WASHINGTON — Federal authorities in Illinois arrested an Army National Guardsman who they say tried to travel to Libya to fight on behalf of the Islamic State and was helping his cousin plot an attack on an American military base, the Justice Department said on Thursday. |
| The authorities contend that the guardsman, Specialist Hasan R. Edmonds, 22, of Aurora, Ill., planned to use his military skills to help the Islamic State, according to court documents. He was arrested at a Chicago-area airport as he attempted to board a plane. | |
| The case is unique compared with the others the Justice Department has brought against Americans accused of trying to join the Islamic State. In nearly all the other cases, the Americans planned to travel to Syria to fight for the group. | The case is unique compared with the others the Justice Department has brought against Americans accused of trying to join the Islamic State. In nearly all the other cases, the Americans planned to travel to Syria to fight for the group. |
| But in this case, Specialist Edmonds planned to travel to Derna, Libya, a city that is controlled by the Islamic State, the Justice Department said. The militant group has made significant gains in Libya in recent months. In February, an Islamic State affiliate in Libya beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians. | But in this case, Specialist Edmonds planned to travel to Derna, Libya, a city that is controlled by the Islamic State, the Justice Department said. The militant group has made significant gains in Libya in recent months. In February, an Islamic State affiliate in Libya beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians. |
| A cousin of the guardsman, Jonas M. Edmonds, 29, was charged on suspicion of planning to launch an attack at a military base in northern Illinois where Specialist Edmonds had been training. | |
| Jonas Edmonds, who also lives in Aurora, Ill., planned to use Specialist Edmonds’s uniforms and “information he supplied about how to access the installation and target officers for attack,” the authorities said. |