Seven men, all but one of them US citizens, have been arrested in North Carolina in a homegrown jihad plot: 7 arrested in North Carolina on terrorism charges.

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Federal authorities in North Carolina on Monday arrested seven men who they said had trained with high-powered weapons as part of a terrorist conspiracy to wage an Islamic holy war overseas.

The men — including a father who, authorities said, trained in jihad camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and his two sons — sought to provide material support to terrorists and to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas, according to a seven-count federal indictment. The indictment did not allege that the group was plotting attacks on U.S. soil.

If convicted, the suspects, all but one of whom are U.S. citizens, could face life in prison.

At least some of the men were willing to die as martyrs, according to the indictment, which described a plot that began in 2006 and lasted until earlier this month. It said that the North Carolina residents had raised donations to support their training and had recruited and radicalized others — “mostly young Muslims or converts to Islam, to believe … the idea that violent jihad was a personal obligation on the part of every good Muslim.”

The men also offered weapons training and helped arrange overseas travel and contacts for others seeking to wage holy war, the indictment said.

Two federal law enforcement officials on Monday said the men did not commit any violent acts.