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Feds to Announce Major Step in MN Case ('Missing' Somalis)
FoxNews.com ^ | 11/23/09 | Mike Levine

Posted on 11/23/2009 12:37:02 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

Federal authorities are expected to announce charges against eight more people today in a long-running investigation into how perhaps dozens of young men from the Minneapolis area were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia.

It will be the most significant and public move to date in the case.

Charges against the eight people will be announced at a joint FBI-U.S. Attorney's Office press conference in Minneapolis on Monday afternoon, a source said. Some, if not all, of the individuals will be charged with providing material support to terrorists, the source said.

Many of those charged have already been arrested, but some individuals are currently overseas, the source said. The source did not elaborate.

Beginning in late 2007 and continuing through last year, more than 20 young Americans of Somali descent were persuaded to train and fight with al-Shabaab, which is fighting to establish a Muslim state in Somalia and recently pledged its allegiance to Usama bin Laden.

U.S. officials worry that if al-Shabaab prevails, Somalia could turn into a haven for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

(Excerpt) Read more at liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; cedarriverside; jihadinamerica; maine; minneapolis; minnesota; somalia; somaliimmigrants; somalis; somaliteens
I'll try to provide updates as they happen.....
1 posted on 11/23/2009 12:37:06 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Cindy; Islaminaction

Ping


2 posted on 11/23/2009 12:37:41 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Pray For Obama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Good about darn time the somali’s in the cities are just atrocious. Their leader omar jamal is here illegally and the biggest pain in the butt always on tv running his mouth.


3 posted on 11/23/2009 12:46:35 PM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I sure wish that someone would explain to me what possible benefit there would be by letting ANY Somalis into our country. As far as I know, none has ever been shown. All I read about are negatives.


4 posted on 11/23/2009 12:47:46 PM PST by Riverine
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Feds to Announce Major Step in MN Case ('Missing' Somalis)

If they're looking for a kenyan, there's one at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. He certainly isn't an AMERICAN!

5 posted on 11/23/2009 1:04:22 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Pork Eating CRUSADER - FUBO! Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Velveeta; MamaDearest; appalachian_dweller; JustPiper

*ping*


6 posted on 11/23/2009 1:27:50 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: SJackson; Oorang; AuntB; runninglips; pgkdan; sport; Eric in the Ozarks; Kenny Bunk; ...

*ping*


7 posted on 11/23/2009 1:34:37 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: hennie pennie

Thanks for the ping.


8 posted on 11/23/2009 1:59:19 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; Oorang; All
Cindy has posted the FBI report over here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392928/posts

9 posted on 11/23/2009 2:22:15 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Cindy; Islaminaction; FromLori; Riverine; The Sons of Liberty; hennie pennie; Rushmore Rocks
A couple of updates from the local media....

Terrorism charges filed against 8 in missing Somalis case

8 Charged in Missing Somali Men Case
10 posted on 11/23/2009 3:45:29 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Pray For Obama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

sorry to sound so terrible but why don’t all the Somalis move back to Somalia?......we are a cold, Christian nation that likes steak and potatoes....


11 posted on 11/23/2009 9:16:12 PM PST by cherry
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To: hennie pennie

Thanks for the ping pennie!!


12 posted on 11/24/2009 4:32:18 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last.....it might be.)
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