Muslims from U.S. waging jihad in Somalia
JIHAD WATCH
By Robert
They left Islamic countries, or their parents did, for the West. But in the West -- abetted by multiculturalism -- they maintained or imbibed Islamic sensibilities, and returned to the jihad when the call to do so went out. "The daily said security officials have seen more than 290 fighters from Britain, the United States, Canada, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia enter Mogadishu in recent weeks."
"US anti-terror authorities see Western fighters in Somalia," from AFP, May 24 (thanks to Sr. Soph):
>>> WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US counter-terrorism official on Saturday said US nationals had likely joined the ranks of insurgents in Somalia, where Islamist rebels are waging a bitter war against the Western-backed government.
"There is reason to believe that nationals of Western countries, including the United States, have joined up with terrorist groups in Somalia," the official said....
The daily said security officials have seen more than 290 fighters from Britain, the United States, Canada, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia enter Mogadishu in recent weeks.
The violence also comes as evidence grows that some Western-based Muslims have funded jihadi groups operating in Somalia.
Last week a naturalized Canadian man of Somali descent pleaded guilty to conspiracy and providing material support to the extremist network Al-Qaeda.
Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, 35, who lives in Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota, gave material support to Al-Qaeda by providing training at camps, supplying personnel and providing funds to the group.
In March 2000, according to his plea agreement, Warsame joined an Al-Qaeda training camp near Kabul, and months later traveled to the Faruq training camp where he met Osama Bin Laden....
Senator Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told a hearing on the issue that Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia, "has radicalized and recruited young Somali men" in Minneapolis to return to Somalia for training and fighting.
"Perhaps as many as 20 Somali-American teenagers and young men have vanished from their homes in Minneapolis and turned up in Somalia," Lieberman said.... Link |
