Former U.S. Soldier Charged with Conspiring to Use Destructive Device While Fighting with al Qaeda-Affiliated Group in Syria. U.S. Attorney’s Office - Eastern District of Virginia, March 28, 2013.
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Eric Harroun, 30, of Phoenix, was arrested and charged with conspiring to use a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) while fighting with the al Nusrah Front, an organization commonly referred to as “al Qaeda in Iraq” and designated as a foreign terrorist organization since October 2004.
FBI Affidavit in Support of a Criminal Complaint (PDF)


US Army veteran charged with fighting with al-Qaida in Syria, using weapon of mass destruction. Associated Press, March 28 2013.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A U.S. Army veteran, who boasted on Facebook of his military adventures with Syrian rebels, was charged Thursday with firing rocket propelled grenades as part of an attack led by an al-Qaida group against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Eric Harroun, 30, of Phoenix, was charged in U.S. District Court in Alexandria with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction — specifically, a rocket propelled grenade launcher — outside the U.S.

Background Article:
The Jihadist from Phoenix, BY Greg Tepper, Ilan Ben Zion. ForeignPolicy.com, March 22, 2013.