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