Details Emerging About American Jihadist Killed in Syria

Details are emerging about Douglas McAuthor McCain, who last weekend became the first known American to be killed while fighting alongside Islamic militants in Syria.    The otherwise undistinguished 33-year-old was raised in Minnesota and most recently worked as a caregiver in California. Still murky is what compelled him to leave this spring for the Middle East and to take up arms on behalf of religious extremists. NBC News broke the story Tuesday, reporting that McCain had...

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