The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 21, 2012 4 U.S. Residents Arrested in Alleged Terror Plot ------------------------------------------------- Four people — two U.S. citizens and two permanent residents — have been arrested on charges of plotting to join al-Qaeda and kill Americans overseas. The FBI says three of the suspects were detained in California last week while the fourth was seized in Afghanistan. They are accused of planning to meet with al-Qaeda militants to carry out attacks in Afghanistan or Yemen. .