The following is an essay posted on Facebook by Mohamoud Hassan, one of a group of Minneapolis men who left for Somalia to join in a militant Islamic movement last November.
Mr. Hassan, who went by another name on his Facebook account, posted this in May 2007, when he still supported the Ethiopian invasion, which was backed by the United States and came at the request of the transitional government in Somalia. Friends said Mr. Hassan was related to the president of that Somali government, which may partly explain his initial support of the occupation.
How much longer will it be before they decide to fight the jihad here?