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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Five U.S. citizens arrested in Pakistan were recruited by an insurgent leader who hoped they would kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, investigators say.
Pakistani officials said they were searching for a man they know by the name Saifullah. He allegedly spotted the group from the Alexandria, Va., area when one of the five posted a clip on YouTube suggesting he approved of terrorist attacks.
Once the five arrived in Pakistan, Saifullah failed to convince terrorist groups they were not part of a U.S. sting operation, investigators said. The men were still said to be hoping to win acceptance by an Islamist group when they were detained.
Evan Kohlmann, an expert on terrorism with the Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, said al-Qaida and similar groups have become more cautious about new recruits because they know intelligence agencies are aware of their recruiting methods.
"Increasingly, recruiters are taking less-prominent roles in mosques and community centers because places like that are under scrutiny. So what these guys are doing is turning to the Internet," Kohlmann said.
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