Feds: Couple Tried to Travel by Ship to Join ISIS

Feds: Couple Tried to Travel by Ship to Join ISIS
A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of ISIS in the village of Albu Sayf, Iraqi, on March 1, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
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NEW YORK—A newlywed husband and wife who expressed interest in fighting for the ISIS terrorist group were arrested Thursday at a port near New York City as they attempted to board a cargo ship that an undercover law enforcement officer said would take them to Yemen, prosecutors said.

James Bradley, 20, and Arwa Muthana, 29, were taken into custody on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey, prosecutors said. They were charged in federal court in Manhattan with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.