Americans linked to ISIS

It's unclear how many Americans have been caught attempting to join or help ISIS, but National Intelligence Director James Clapper has said 180 Americans have tried to go fight in Syria. Experts say most of them are disillusioned young people trying to find purpose or make their mark. While that's largely true, there are outliers. Below are details about some of the cases that have been made public.IS through Islamist sympathizers in the United States, rather than joining the group on her own, (Somali leaders) said. At least one other woman is suspected of helping her leave the United States.

NameDouglas McCain

Age33

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LocationNew Hope, Minnesota

An American man in Syria while fighting for ISIS, the latest evidence of the reach of a terror group that's become increasingly powerful and feared in the eyes of Americans. Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, died in a battle between rival extremist groups in the suburbs of Aleppo, Syria's once-bustling commercial capital and largest city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group that monitors the conflict. The man's uncle, Ken McCain, said that his nephew had gone to fight as a jihadi and that the U.S. State Department told the family Monday about the death.

NameMichael Todd Wolfe

Age23

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LocationAustin, Texas

Arrested at George H.W. Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport before a flight to Europe, Wolfe was charged in June "with attempting to provide material support to terrorists," authorities said. He "planned to travel to the Middle East to provide his services to radical groups engaged in armed conflict in Syria," according to a complaint.

Ageunknown

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LocationSalisbury, North Carolina

U.S. authorities arrested an American man returning from overseas who they say is a sympathizer of the terrorist group ISIS. Morgan was arrested on August 2 on arrival at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport from Frankfurt, Germany, according to federal court documents.

NameMufid Elfgeeh

Age30

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LocationRochester, New York

A man who owns an upstate New York food store funded ISIS, tried to send jihadists to Syria to fight with the terrorist group and plotted to do some killing himself -- by gunning down U.S. troops who had served in Iraq -- federal authorities alleged Tuesday. Elfgeeh, 30, was arrested for trying "to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization" (namely, ISIS), one count of attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States, two counts of having an unregistered firearm silencer and one for possessing guns or silencers "in furtherance of a crime of violence."

NameUnknown

Age19

Genderf

LocationSt. Paul, Minnesota

In a separate case, a 19-year-old American Somali woman from St. Paul snuck away from her parents on Aug. 25 saying she was going to a bridal shower. Instead, she flew to Turkey and joined IS in Syria. … The St. Paul woman is the first case of an area female joining IS that has been made public although her family have asked for her name to be kept private because it fears retaliation from Islamists. … The St. Paul woman is highly likely to have been recruited by

fight for a terror group." Minneapolis, Minnesota

A group of six young Minnesota men conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," federal prosecutors said April 20. Abdurahman, Adnan Farah, Musse and Omar were arrested in Minneapolis. Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were arrested in San Diego after driving there in hopes of crossing into Mexico. They plotted for 10 months, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota said. "Even when their co-conspirators were caught and charged, they continued to seek new and creative ways to leave Minnesota to fight for a terror group."

NameGuled Ali Omar

Age20

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LocationMinneapolis, Minnesota

A group of six young Minnesota men conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," federal prosecutors said April 20. Abdurahman, Adnan Farah, Musse and Omar were arrested in Minneapolis. Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were arrested in San Diego after driving there in hopes of crossing into Mexico. They plotted for 10 months, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota said. "Even when their co-conspirator

A group of six young Minnesota men conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," federal prosecutors said April 20. Abdurahman, Adnan Farah, Musse and Omar were arrested in Minneapolis. Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were arrested in San Diego after driving there in hopes of crossing into Mexico. They plotted for 10 months, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota said. "Even when their co-conspirators were caught and charged, they continued to seek new and creative ways to leave Minnesota to fight for a terror group."

NameAbdirahman Yasin Daud

Age21

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LocationSan Diego, California

A group of six young Minnesota men conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," federal prosecutors said April 20. Abdurahman, Adnan Farah, Musse and Omar were arrested in Minneapolis. Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were arrested in San Diego after driving there in hopes of crossing into Mexico. They plotted for 10 months, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota said. "Even when their co-conspirators were caught and charged, they continued to seek new and creative ways to leave Minnesota to fight for a terror group."

NameMohamed Abdihamid Farah

Age21

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LocationSan Diego, California

A group of six young Minnesota men conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," federal prosecutors said April 20. Abdurahman, Adnan Farah, Musse and Omar were arrested in Minneapolis. Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were arrested in San Diego after driving there in hopes of crossing into Mexico. They plotted for 10 months, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota said. "Even when their co-conspirators were caught and charged, they continued to seek new and creative ways to leave Minnesota to

NameUnknown

Age16

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LocationYork County, South Carolina

A South Carolina teen pleaded guilty April 22, 2015, to plotting an attack on a U.S. military base before attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS, CNN affiliate WBTV reported. Police, who found an ISIS flag in the teen's bedroom while executing a search warrant, said the teen acknowledged that he and a person from North Carolina had plotted to rob a gun store so they could attack a military installation in retaliation for U.S. military airstrikes on ISIS.

NameHoda Muthana

Age20

Genderf

LocationHoover, Alabama

After Buzzfeed published an April 17, 2015, interview with the woman, who said she was in Raqqa, family members and community leaders confirmed to CNN affiliate that Hoda Muthana had indeed left her family to join ISIS. In March, she posted a photo of four passports to Twitter with the tweet, "Bonfire soon, no need for these anymore." Jordan Laporta, who graduated high school with Muthana, told CNN she was a bright and quiet girl who wore a hijab and kept to herself and her small group of friends. He said he was surprised to learn she was a jihadi, and asked about he devotion to Islam, he said he never spoke to her about it.