Via Daily Mail:
A Maryland man has been charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda-linked terror group al-Shabaab that has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks in East Africa.
Maalik Alim Jones, 31, traveled to Somalia in 2011 to fight on behalf of the al-Shabaab militant group, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Monday.
Jones, according to the DoJ, learned how to fire an AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenade launcher, then joined the group’s specialized fighting unit Jaysh Ayman.
It was with this specialized force that Jones helped al-Shabaab to attack the Kenyan government, the DoJ believes.