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Jury reaches verdict in Minnesota Islamic State trial

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    FILE - This undated file photo provided the Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office shows Abdirahman Yasin Daud. On Friday, June 3, 2016, in Minneapolis, Daud and two other men, who were accused of plotting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group, were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder overseas. (Sherburne County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office shows Guled Ali Omar. On Friday, June 3, 2016, in Minneapolis, Omar and two other men, who were accused of plotting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group, were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder overseas. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Stillwater, Minn., shows Mohamed Abdihamid Farah. On Friday, June 3, 2016, in Minneapolis, Farah and two other men, who were accused of plotting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group, were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder overseas. (Washington County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota jury has reached a verdict in the federal trial of three Minneapolis men accused of plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

The verdict is expected to be read Friday afternoon and comes after about three weeks of testimony.

Twenty-one-year-old Guled Ali Omar, 22-year-old Abdirahman Yasin Daud (Ahb-DEER'-ah-mahn YAH'-sin Dah-OOD') and 22-year-old Mohamed Abdihamid Farah are among a group of 10 accused of a conspiracy. Six others pleaded guilty earlier and a seventh man is believed to be in Syria.

Prosecutors built their case largely on recordings made by a friend of the men who became a paid informant. Defense attorneys argued that comments on the records were youthful bluster, and family and friends have protested what they call entrapment.