jihadwatch.org - 1/14/2009
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Should've stuck to cutting hair
He may be dead, but those jihadis who recruited him are still on the loose in Washington, no doubt recruiting others. "An American Jihadi in Somalia and His Washington Friends in al Qaeda," from the Jawa Report , January 13: We reported last month that ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/10/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
MOGADISHU, Somalia Five of the pirates who hijacked
a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a
$3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship. The ...
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5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share - Yahoo! News
longwarjournal.org - 1/14/2009
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longwarjournal.org —
Two commanders of the al Qaeda-backed As Shabaab
were killed during heavy fighting with a government-supported Islamist
militia in central Somalia. Shabaab leaders Mohamed Mohamed Salad and Mohamed Yusuf Nur were "martyred" in the town of Guriel ...
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Shabaab and rival Islamist group clash in central Somalia
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/9/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
A Saudi supertanker that was captured by Somali
pirates in November carrying two million barrels of oil
has been released, reports quoting pirates say. A regional maritime group also said pirates had left the Sirius Star, Reuters news agency reported. ...
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Saudi tanker 'freed off Somalia'
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