Five Men Held in Australia Suspected of Planning Trip to Syria

Australia says it has detained five men who they believe were planning to sail by boat to Indonesia and the Philippines en route to join radical Islamist groups fighting in Syria. Authorities say the quintet was arrested in northern Queensland state, after towing a seven-meter boat almost 3,000 kilometers from Melbourne to Cairns, where they planned to set sail.  "They were committed, obviously very committed. The fact that they'd gone all the way from Melbourne, all the...

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