Three men were accused in a **rwegian court on Tuesday of joining or aiding Islamic State in Syria, in the first case of its kind in the **rdics. Djibril Bashir and Valon Avdyli pleaded **t guilty to participating in a terrorist organization, and Visar Avdyli denied providing aid to such a group - both offences under a new **rwegian law designed to ***** down on returning militants. Authorities in **rway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland estimate that 300 to 400 people may have left for places like Iraq and Syria to receive militant training. All Three **rwegian nationals ack**wledged traveling to join Islamic State, which has grabbed large parts of Syria and Iraq and, analysts fear, opened a new front in Libya.