Posted on 11/30/2009 10:50:41 AM PST by Justaham
The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
Training camps in the lawless nation of Somalia are attracting hundreds of foreigners, including Americans, and Somalis recruited by a local insurgent group linked to al-Qaida, according to local and U.S. officials. American officials and private analysts say the camps pose a security threat far beyond the borders of Somalia, including to the U.S. homeland.
In interviews with The Associated Press, former trainees gave rare details on the camps, which are scattered along desert footpaths, rutted roads and steamy coastal dens. They say the recruits are told the United States is the enemy of Islam.
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Well with his swelled head he makes a big enough target...
One used to be able to get targets w/ Khomeini on them. You used to be able to download targets depicting UBL; probably still can. This is no big deal.
Why would they want to shoot an ally?
If we Americans tried this, we would have visit by the S.S.
There’s a little good in everyone.
Obviously,those Somali terrorists are Republicans.
Sounds like a racist hate crime to me. Maybe homophobic too.
hate crime?
I’d say something about us having more in common with them than we thought but I better not.
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