foxnews.com - 11/25/2008
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 By Allison A. McGevna Editors Note: This story is the first in a FOXNews.com series that takes a closer look at State Department-designated terror organizations that are considered to pose a threat to United States security. In the summer of 2007, a 28-year-old ...
wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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Shabaab al Mujahideen, which espouses radical Islamic rule
and has close ties to Al Qaeda, is best...
known for operating training camps for people seeking a more extreme form of Jihad. It also has been forging relations with Somali pirates who have recently been intercepting and holding for ransom ...
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FOX NEWS Somalian Terror Organization Shabaab al ...
refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com - 11/26/2008
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And, guess where they are recruiting? According to
a pair of stunning articles today, it looks like...
right in the good old USA. Yes, that is right! Remember those Minneapolis missing young men? When we suggested in that post yesterday ...
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Somali terrorist group wants to throw the West “into hell”
startribune.com - 11/27/2008
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Federal authorities are investigating whether young Somali men
who have disappeared in the Twin Cities metro area...
in recent months have been recruited to fight for terrorist groups in strife-torn Somalia. A source familiar with the case confirmed ...
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Tuesday: Missing Twin Cities Somalis, terror ties probed
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Somali jihadists vow to "throw the West into hell"
Jihad Watch —
... An American in Somalia. "Somalian Terror Organization Shabaab al Mujahideen Looks to 'Throw the West Into Hell,'" by Allison A. McGevna for FoxNews, November 25: ...
Homegrown Terrorists: Missing Minneapolis Somalis “Lost Boys” Now Jihadis
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... are from impoverished backgrounds.
The size of the recruiting network in the U.S. isn’t known, and estimates vary widely. But a major concern is what will happen when these young men return to the U.S. after having undergone terrorist training or participated in combat.
“Ethiopia has announced that they are planning to withdraw from Somalia,” said the intelligence source. “So this problem is just going to get worse.”
Profile On Terror Group Shabaab al Mujahideen.
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Al Gore hits the campaign trail —
CNN Political Ticker 11/23/2008
(CNN) — Add Al Gore to the list of big name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year. The former vice president teams up with Jim Martin at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin is a former ...