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A Long Island jihadist convicted of trying to join al Qaeda lost his bid Thursday to retract a plea deal that landed him 25 years behind bars.

A panel of Second Circut appeals judges found Marcos Alonso Zea, 27, of Brentwood, didn’t prove there was a “reasonable probability” he would have declined to plead guilty last year if he had known he was giving up rights.

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