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Who was terror plot mastermind? (MN Somalis)
StarTribune.com ^ | 6/18/11 | ALLIE SHAH and JAMES WALSH

Posted on 06/18/2011 8:57:05 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Nearly three years ago, a Minneapolis man blew himself up oceans away in Somalia.

His death put Minnesota at the heart of a still unfolding multinational counterterrorism probe that has seen 20 Minnesotans indicted on terror-related charges, at least another nine killed in fighting overseas and a handful more arrested and convicted. Others have been charged with fundraising or wiring money to a terror group in Somalia, and one of the men charged is scheduled to go on trial next month -- a first in the case.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Minneapolis last month to reaffirm his office's commitment to rooting out those responsible for the recruiting of young Somali-Americans to return to Africa to fight for the terrorist group Al-Shabab.

Yet investigators appear no closer to unmasking a leader of the nebulous network that found foot soldiers in the Twin Cities.

The FBI's failure so far to publicly uncover a mastermind has spawned disillusionment among some in the local Somali community who wonder when, if ever, justice will be served.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alshabab; fbi; islam; somalis; starbucks; terror
And....They're mad at US???



1 posted on 06/18/2011 8:57:09 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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The photo appears to be faked....

None of these women has a cell phone glued to their face...


2 posted on 06/18/2011 9:12:43 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Little Mogadishu, a.k.a. the Twin Cities, needs a house cleaning starting with free one way tickets for any Somali who wants to return to that perfect sharia law state of Somalia. If they do not want to live among the infidels there is the door.


3 posted on 06/18/2011 9:14:31 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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To: The Great RJ

Yep.

Check out the comments section after the article...


4 posted on 06/18/2011 9:20:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“At the Starbucks on Riverside Avenue in Minneapolis — a hub for local Somali-American men to discuss current affairs —”

Starbucks? Why am I not surprised?


5 posted on 06/18/2011 9:26:05 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade, There are only two sides. Pick one.)
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To: sageb1

Hey... but Starbucks doesn’t ban personal carry!

There’s hope!

The Riverside SB will be my next open carry foray...


6 posted on 06/18/2011 9:31:26 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

If life is so rough for these sows how did these wimmens get so damned fat?

Hey Deb Stabacow....you out there?

Where is Mooch’s diet when you need it.


7 posted on 06/18/2011 9:41:27 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: quantim

It doesn’t apply to ‘THEM’.


8 posted on 06/18/2011 9:48:50 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Minneapolis last month to reaffirm his office's commitment to rooting out those responsible for the recruiting of young Somali-Americans to return to Africa to fight for the terrorist group Al-Shabab."

Is there supposed to be a < / sarc > notation after that statement?

9 posted on 06/18/2011 10:07:02 PM PDT by Baynative (Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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To: The Great RJ

Last time I was up Nort, I was stunned at the number of Somalis in Burnsville. They wait on shoppers in the mall, at the Holiday Inn, damned near everywhere...


10 posted on 06/19/2011 4:38:29 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: Baynative
Good Morning,
Not disagreeing with you, but I take issue with any person who is identified as a ‘hyphenated-American’.

IMHO, you are American, as in the USA, or you are a (fill in the blank). If a person puts their country of origin BEFORE American, then that is where their allegiance lies. GO HOME or assimilate into the mainstream of the USA. Learn our language, learn our laws (not sharia), stay off welfare, etc.

OK, vent over.

11 posted on 06/19/2011 6:39:20 AM PDT by Tahoe3002
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To: Tahoe3002
You aren't disagreeing with me at all. I have an inbred adversity to hyphenated Americans.

(BTW - North Shore or Shout Shore?)

12 posted on 06/19/2011 6:59:50 AM PDT by Baynative (Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

At the Burnville Ridges Hospital, where I spent a great deal of time with my mother, this weekend...


13 posted on 06/19/2011 5:49:31 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic.com. Now, More Than Ever.)
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