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telegraph.co.uk - 12/26/2008

Radical Islamists linked to alQaeda set to take control of Somalia

— telegraph.co.uk — Hardline Islamists are poised to take control of large areas of southern Somalia opening a possible new front in the war on terrorism. (more) Radical Islamists linked to alQaeda set to take control ...

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usatoday.com - 12/19/2008

Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad

— 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 ... (more) Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad

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prospect.org - 12/20/2008

How Bush Failed Somalia

— prospect.org — Two years ago the United States intervened in East African politics in a way that has been responsible for the deaths of untold thousands of people, has created the pirate problem, and is breeding a new generation of anti-American jihadists. (more) How Bush Failed Somalia

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Yemen Primary Source of Illegal Arms to Somalia
The Jawa Report — December 20, 2008 Yemen Primary Source of Illegal Arms to Somalia The UN monitoring group on the 1992 arms embargo on Somalia finds "Yemen remains the most important source of commercial arms transfers to Somalia." One shipment for the ONLF in Ethiopia contained 101 anti-tank mines, 100 hand grenades, 170 rocket-propelled grenade-7 rounds, and 170 boxes of 7.62 mm ammunition, each containing 440 rounds. The mines were packed in rice sacks from a company in Sana'a. 143. Not surprisingly, there appears to be an intersection between piracy and other criminal activities, such ...

Yemen Primary Supplier of Weapons to Somalia
Armies of Liberation — The UN monitoring group on the 1992 arms embargo on Somalia finds “Yemen remains the most important source of commercial arms transfers to Somalia.” One shipment for the ONLF in Ethiopia contained 101 anti-tank mines, 100 hand grenades, 170 rocket-propelled grenade-7 rounds, and 170 boxes of 7.62 mm ammunition, each containing 440 rounds. The mines were packed in rice sacks from a company in Sana’a. The same boats that bring the migrants bring back weapons and are involved in piracy. 143. Not surprisingly, there appears to be an intersection between piracy and other ...