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Somali leader: Jihad recruiting slows (MN...Mmmkay...)
StarTribune ^ | 8/12/09 | JAMES WALSH, AND RICHARD MERYHEW

Posted on 08/12/2009 4:53:17 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A prominent Minneapolis Somali community leader said Tuesday that he believes the recruitment of young Somali-Americans from the Twin Cities to fight jihad in their homeland has slowed or stopped.

Speaking at a workshop to address the issue, Saeed Fahia, executive director of the Confederation of Somali Communities of Minnesota, said the radicalization of Somali youth here is "over." The combination of worldwide media and law enforcement scrutiny, coupled with greater vigilance by parents, has caused the recruiting pipeline here to dry up, he said.

"It's come to a halt. People felt this has gone too far," Fahia said. "And the thing is, parents are really alert. Many parents are saying, 'Where are my children? Who do they talk to?' You don't trust anybody."

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: jihad; missing; somalia; somalis
Well, I guess that's good enough for me. Nothing more to be seen here!
1 posted on 08/12/2009 4:53:18 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Cindy; Islaminaction

Ping...


2 posted on 08/12/2009 4:54:01 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Is it because the pirate biz is becoming the new in thing?


3 posted on 08/12/2009 4:54:38 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Democrat Party: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It appears that the odds of surviving the ‘recruiting experience’ are quite low. I wonder what effect this has had on the recruiting goals?


4 posted on 08/12/2009 5:31:36 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Global Warming Theory is extremely robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Seems that the Somali community has run out of Kamikaze wannabes....


5 posted on 08/12/2009 5:57:18 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I find this hard to believe and are they also done trying to impose their way on us? The Somalians are known for that.

Thanks for the ping!


6 posted on 08/12/2009 7:22:24 AM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I find this hard to believe and are they also done trying to impose their way on us? The Somalians are known for that.

Thanks for the ping!


7 posted on 08/12/2009 7:22:30 AM PDT by Islaminaction
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