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Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area
FoxNews ^

Posted on 12/04/2008 10:34:57 AM PST by Scythian

Dozens of young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have disappeared in recent months, causing community members and U.S. intelligence officials to fear that they are joining jihadist groups in Somalia.

Officials are especially concerned that some of the men may be destined to return to the U.S. after they have received terrorist training.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: jihad; jihadinamerica; missing; mohammedanism; mohammedanism122008; recruitment; somalis
My guess is they didn't go home, that's stupid to assume, they are here training and planning ....
1 posted on 12/04/2008 10:34:58 AM PST by Scythian
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Officials are especially concerned that some of the men may be destined to return to the U.S. after they have received terrorist training.

The missing young men have been the focus of some attention since late October, when Shirwa Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen, died in a suicide bombing in northern Somalia. Ahmed was a 1999 graduate of Minneapolis’s Roosevelt High School.


2 posted on 12/04/2008 10:37:07 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Maybe they are taking one of those famous pirate cruises.


3 posted on 12/04/2008 10:37:12 AM PST by austinaero
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I heard a freeper say the other day on a post a bunch of Somali’s were missing from the Detroit area as well.


4 posted on 12/04/2008 10:38:13 AM PST by Scythian
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I’m good with seeing them die in Somalia - they can shoot each other up there as much as they want - just not here. We seriously have to put a moratorium on immigration from muslim countries.


5 posted on 12/04/2008 10:38:38 AM PST by ScottinVA (Gloucester County, VA -- Standing for America! 63% for McCain-Palin on 4 Nov)
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Perhaps they caught the showing of Blackhawk down the other night and skipped town?


6 posted on 12/04/2008 10:41:28 AM PST by Scythian
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Gone to be Pirates I’d guess.


7 posted on 12/04/2008 10:43:33 AM PST by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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They didn’t...they’re here on every other street corner in Manhattan selling knock off bags, watches, etc.


8 posted on 12/04/2008 10:43:52 AM PST by FES0844 (FES0844)
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Why are they in the US in the First place?


9 posted on 12/04/2008 10:46:29 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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>Maybe they are taking one of those famous pirate cruises.<

I was just about to ask if America was going to see the return of the river pirate...


10 posted on 12/04/2008 10:50:51 AM PST by LRS (Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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Paging Representative Ellison!

Please pick up the Black Courtesy Telephone.


11 posted on 12/04/2008 11:19:12 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (SARAH *** JOE *** 2012!)
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Why are they in the US in the First place?

Immigrated here legally. That is how we know they are missing ...

It appears there is some sort of Islamic Courts recruiter here. In other words, Someone here in the states is either helping them or directing them over-seas to Somali.

Obviously it is not the whole Somali community, the community are the ones who have alerted the authorities about the missing members .... They say the community is own edge after learning one made it to Somali and became a suicide bomber.

This is not a good development ...

12 posted on 12/04/2008 11:20:40 AM PST by 08bil98z24 (Disgusted, Disappointed, Demoralized - Its causing me to post long ranting replies Sorry!)
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To: Scythian

Perhaps they listened to too much Jimmy Buffet.

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.
The cannons don’t thunder there’s nothin’ to plunder
I’m an over forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late.


13 posted on 12/04/2008 11:29:17 AM PST by razorback-bert (Save the planet...it is the only known one with beer!)
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Maybe I should have phrased it, “Why were they allowed to immigrate here legally?”


14 posted on 12/04/2008 1:11:17 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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Maybe I should have phrased it, “Why were they allowed to immigrate here legally?”

The articles I have read seem to imply the missing are the children of Somali immigrants. Generally speaking, most immigrants come to America for a better life.

Again, the articles Ive read say little, but it sounds like there is an active recruiter for the Somalia Islamic Courts working in the US. That is a huge problem ... If you reach someone before adulthood and start brainwashing jihad idea's in their head ...

IMO, it seems to be easier for people from trouble parts of the world to LEGALLY immigrate to America than the people on the same continent.

15 posted on 12/04/2008 3:11:46 PM PST by 08bil98z24 (Disgusted, Disappointed, Demoralized - Its causing me to post long ranting replies Sorry!)
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".....IMO, it seems to be easier for people from trouble parts of the world to LEGALLY immigrate to America than the people on the same continent."

That is stupid. We are asking for trouble.

16 posted on 12/04/2008 3:29:22 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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".....IMO, it seems to be easier for people from trouble parts of the world to LEGALLY immigrate to America than the people on the same continent."

That is stupid. We are asking for trouble

I couldn't agree more. Even after 9/11, it seems to be the case. I would love to see some statistics to see what the amount of people immigrating from trouble regions is compared to everyone else.

17 posted on 12/04/2008 3:39:26 PM PST by 08bil98z24 (Disgusted, Disappointed, Demoralized - Its causing me to post long ranting replies Sorry!)
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