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Missing Somalis' families speak out, fearing their kin have been brainwashed to fight civil war in homeland
Local Somali families spoke out Saturday about the sons and nephews they say have gone missing. The boys and men, they fear, are fighting a jihad in their war-torn native country. Despite worries over retaliation here and abroad, the families spoke to Twin Cities media in hopes of spreading ...
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Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area - International News | ...
foxnews.com — 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 ... (more) Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in ...
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
Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia
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 ... (more) Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia
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Waging jihad from Minnesota to Mogadishu?
Power Line — ... Federal authorities are investigating whether other young Somali men who have disappeared in the Twin Cities metro area in recent months have been recruited to fight for terrorist groups in Somalia. Today the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that the families of the disappearing Somali men are speaking out: ...

Families of Missing Somali Men Speak Out in Minnesota
Gateway Pundit — ... Somalia in October. Shirwa had blown himself up killing himself and 29 of his countrymen. His fragmented remains were flown back home to Minnesota last week for burial. Several other Minnesota Somali men went missing this past year: Now, three of the Somali families are speaking out about their missing sons. They don't want to see their family members' body parts come back home in a box. TwinCities.com reported: Local Somali families spoke out ...

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