timesonline.co.uk - 12/12/2008
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The United States is seeking international authorisation allowing foreign navies to pursue Somali pirates on land as well as at sea in an effort to curb the growing threat to international shipping lines. A draft proposal granting nations that are combating piracy permission to take all ...
usatoday.com - 12/19/2008
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usatoday.com —
The Somali immigrant, who moved to the "Land
of 10,000 Lakes" when he was 8, had good...
grades at the University of Minnesota and called Muslims to prayer at his mosque, where he also slept during the holy month of Ramadan. But on Nov. 1, Hassan ...
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Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad
islamineurope.blogspot.com - 12/7/2008
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islamineurope.blogspot.com —
More and more Somalis with a residence permit
in Denmark are going to back their former homeland...
to get military training and religious school at the al-Qaeda related terror group al-Shabab. This has gotten the Danish intelligence service to pay more ...
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Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia
pajamasmedia.com - 12/12/2008
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Theo Spark —
... He is doomed. Secret 'EU President' talks begin as Ireland agrees to vote again. Once again the Bastards in Brussels try to 'conquer' Europe through the back door. Taleban tax: allied supply convoys pay their enemies for safe passage. WTF!!!! Armed Services take first big hit in public spending. Once again our forces are betrayed by the REMFs at the MoD and the socialist scum running Britain. Allies seek power to pursue Somali pirates on land and sea. F**k the UN. Just go after them.
Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/13/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Somalia: U.S. Seeks Power to Pursue Pirates on Land The United States is seeking international authorisation allowing foreign navies to pursue Somali pirates on land as well as at sea in an effort to curb the growing threat to international shipping lines. A draft proposal granting nations that are combating piracy permission to “take all necessary measures ashore in Somalia” is being circulated among UN Security Council members before a key meeting on the crisis next week. The US’s Deputy ...
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