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2 NYC women caught in 2015 terrorism sting plead guilty

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

In this April 2, 2015 courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, left and Asia Siddiqui, appear at federal court in New York after they were arrested for plotting to build a homemade bomb and wage jihad in New York City. By combing the web, attorneys for the two defendants say they have obtained a photograph and learned the real name of the undercover agent who helped nab the women by assumed a fake identity and going by the name &quot;Mel.&quot; And recently the attorneys got a judge's approval for a plan to circulate her picture at area mosques to try to build a case that their clients were entrapped. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg, File)

Who is Mel? US terror case could unmask New York police mole

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 2, 2015 courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, left and Asia Siddiqui, appear at federal court in New York on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack. According to prosecutors, the pair weren’t interested in taking on the subservient role of going overseas to marry the militant group fighters, but sought to &quot;make history&quot; on their own by building a bomb and attacking a domestic target. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg, File)

Terror cases allege women wanted to fight, not wed fighters

By TOM HAYS and JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, center left and Asia Siddiqui, center right, appear in federal court with their attorneys, Thursday, April 2, 2015, in New York. The two women were arrested Thursday on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg)

2 N.Y. women arrested; U.S. authorities committed to stopping ‘homegrown extremists’

By Tom Hays - Associated Press