Canadian arrested in Somalia allegedly member of Islamist militia

TORONTO -- A Canadian has been arrested in Somalia for allegedly planning to bomb leaders of a moderate political faction, according to local media reports that identified him as a member of the militant group Al-Shabab.

Abdifatah Mohamad Ibrahim appeared in court yesterday in the central Galgudud region, where authorities showed his Canadian passport to spectators, according to Radio Garowe and the Somali-language news site allpuntland.com.

At least one American has already died. Last October, Shirwa Ahmed, a 27-year-old college student from Minneapolis, became the first known U. S. citizen to carry out a suicide bombing when he blew himself up in Somalia, killing 30 people.

Somalia has been a lawless wasteland since 1991. The Islamic Courts Union, along with its militia Al-Shabab, emerged from the chaos and has been battling moderate militias, U.S.-backed Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies for control of the country.

Why can’t we recognize that these Imams who come to our country to preach their religious intolerance and hate are a real threat to this country and expel them.

Sooner or later these brain washed youths are going to commit terrorist acts in the United States.

Here you probably had a reasonably normal youth with a normal teenage idealist out look on life. He goes to college falls in with a conservative Muslim group and gets radicalized by some nut job Imam.

We don’t have to put up with this!

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