Ohio man arrested for attempting to join ISIS

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A 20-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was arrested on Monday for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, according to a Justice Department press release issued Monday evening.

Aaron Travis Daniels, who used the aliases Harun Muhammad and Abu Yusef, was taken into custody by FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force officials before boarding a flight to Houston, Texas, at John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

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