Two recent arrests highlight the ongoing danger from U.S. citizens who become Islamist militants. Authorities said Monday that they had arrested a 25-year-old Al Qaeda wannabe in Tampa, Fla., who was plotting bomb attacks. Sami Osmakac, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in the former Yugoslavia, was arrested Saturday. Our story is here: http://politi.co/xMVEEz

IN THE OTHER CASE, federal authorities in Maryland on Monday charged Craig Benedict Baxam, 24, a former U.S. Army soldier, with providing material support to a terrorist organization. Authorities said Baxam – who had secretly converted to Islam while in the Army – was caught in Kenya on his way to join Al Shabaab in Somalia. http://1.usa.gov/xqDrlE

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