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Recruited for Jihad? | Newsweek International
It didn't trouble Burhan Hassan 's mother that her son had been spending more time at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, Minneapolis 's largest mosque. A 17-year-old senior at Roosevelt High, Hassan and his family had fled civil war in Somalia when he was a toddler. Some of the other ...
Somali insurgents take Baidoa after Ethiopians leave - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — BAIDOA (Reuters) Hardline Islamist insurgents captured the central town of Baidoa on Monday, an important stronghold of... Somalia's fragile government and seat of the national parliament, witnesses said. Just hours after Ethiopia withdrew its last ... (more) Somali insurgents take Baidoa after Ethiopians leave - ...
Need for Aid Rises as Insurgents Reach Outskirts of Somali Capital
Need for Aid Rises as Insurgents Reach Outskirts of Somali Capital
voanews.com — Somali militia of al-Shabab are seen during exercises at their military training camp outside Mogadishu, 04 Nov... 2008 (more) Need for Aid Rises as Insurgents Reach Outskirts of ...
Security forces in NW Somalia seize illegal missile launchers_English_Xinhua
news.xinhuanet.com — MOGADISHU, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Security forces in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia on... Friday sized nearly 10 small one-time use anti-aircraft missile launchers and arrested two suspects in connection with the illegal ... (more) Security forces in NW Somalia seize illegal missile ...
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Eleven more AMERICANS arrested in Somaliland
The Jawa Report — ... . It seems like there were more arrests involving US citizens traitors, specifically Somali-Americans. Somaliland authorities arrested 11 Somali-American in connection to the smuggling of anti-aircraft weapons. The 11 Somali-Americans were trained by al Shabaab, aka the African taliban, and according to authorities were suppose to carry out atttacks in the capital of Somaliland. So that brings the total of Somali-Americans arrested in Somaliland up to 15. At least five more traitors are on the loose someone on the horn of Africa. It's a good thing al Shabaab's ...

20 Somali Islamists Vanish in Minneapolis
Tammy Bruce — This is bad news and the fact that we have no idea what's happened is even worse. But perhaps Barkey and Nancy are looking at their version of a Silver Lining--under their depraved POV, if there is another terror attack the death of thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of Americans sure will help with social "costs" and boost the economy! Recruited For Jihad? About 20 young Somali-American men in Minneapolis have recently vanished. When the boy didn't come home from school on Nov. 4, his family assumed he was at the mosque. By evening, his ...

FBI concerned about Somali jihadists in America
The Jawa Report — ... of this story. Last month an FBI officer, Andy Young, visited a Liberian community meeting. The meeting was to discuss the shooting death of a local teenager, but the FBI officer was there to ask the community about the Somalis in their neighborhood. Since the disappearance of 20 Somalis , who travelled to Somalia to train and fight with al Shabaab, from the Minneapolis area the FBI has growing concern that some of them might return to America. The FBI is also worried that some Somali-Americans might be persuaded to act as sleeper agents in the United States. The FBI's ...

Hamas linked CAIR says Somalis are being detained unfairly
The Jawa Report — February 16, 2009 Hamas linked CAIR says Somalis are being detained unfairly Apparently FBI agents have been questioning Somalis at malls, college campuses and the airport. A 20 year old was also questioned at the airport for 3 hours without being told the reason why. OH MY GOD, the injustice! Seems pretty reasonable to me when you consider that at least 20 Somali youths have disappeared from the Minnesota area to join al Shabaab in fighing jihad. One Somali, with US citizenship, already ...

Senate Hearings on Violent Islamic Extremism: Al Shabaab Recruitment
Israpundit — ... on Violent Islamic Extremism: Al Shabaab Recruitment, March 11, 2009 Dear Todd: We are pleased that the Committee has scheduled a Hearing on this important matter: Recruitment of Naturalized American Somali Youths for the Al Shabaab militia in Somali- a foreign terrorist group designated by the U.S. State Department. Doubtless the Committee is responding to reports in mainstream media such as USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Jerusalem Post involving possible recruitment by radical Imams in ...

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