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Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
foxnews.com - 12/4/2008
Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Dozens of young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have disappeared in recent months, causing community members and U.S. intelligence officials to fear that they are joining jihadist groups in Somalia. Officials are ...
myfoxtwincities.com - 12/4/2008
One of Five Suspected Somali Suicide Bomber Laid to Rest
— myfoxtwincities.com — BURNSVILLE , Minn. (FOX 9) One of the five men suspected to be a suicide bomber who... killed himself and 29 others last October in Somalia , was buried Wednesday at a Burnsville Cemetery. Video: Funeral for Suspected Suicide Bomber FOX 9 has learned DNA ... (more) One of Five Suspected Somali Suicide Bomber Laid to Rest

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Somalis Leaving U.S. for Jihad
pajamasmedia.com - 12/12/2008
Somalis Leaving U.S. for Jihad
— pajamasmedia.com — Incredibly, jihadist recruiting events in America have long been ignored by government and media.... (more) Somalis Leaving U.S. for Jihad

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timesonline.co.uk - 12/12/2008
Allies seek power to pursue Somali pirates on land and sea
— timesonline.co.uk — 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 ... (more) Allies seek power to pursue Somali pirates on land and sea

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Homegrown Terrorists: Missing Minneapolis Somalis “Lost Boys” Now Jihadis

Gates of Vienna:  Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/4/2008

Pajamas Media:  Somalis Leaving U.S. for Jihad

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Homegrown Terrorists: Missing Minneapolis Somalis “Lost Boys” Now Jihadis
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area Previous Post Photo slide show By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - (FOX) Dozens of young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have disappeared in recent months, causing community members and U.S. intelligence officials to fear that they are joining jihadist groups in Somalia. Officials are especially concerned that some of the men may be destined to return to the U.S. after they have received ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/4/2008
Gates of Vienna — ... Young Somalis Missing in Europe, Too Dozens of young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have disappeared in recent months, causing community members and U.S. intelligence officials to fear that they are joining jihadist groups in Somalia. […] Jamal said the Somali community has seen young men disappear in a number of countries across the world, including Canada, the Netherlands and Australia. Multiple sources within the Somali community have corroborated this account. Dahir Jibreel, ...

Somalis Leaving U.S. for Jihad
Pajamas Media — ... surprise and shock that anyone from their communities and mosques would be leaving the U.S. for jihad. But as Daveed Gartenstein-Ross explained in a Fox News report , there exists an active recruiting and transportation network in the U.S., including Minneapolis, for Somali-run terrorist training camps, many of which have recently reopened. In many instances, these same Somali leaders purporting ignorance and innocence for the local media are not only aware of these recruiting operations, but have actively participated in them. A year ago I reported here at Pajamas Media (” ...

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