http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534048,00.html
“Minnesota Neighborhoods Struggle With Rise of Somali Gangs”
Monday, July 20, 2009
AP
MINNEAPOLIS —
SNIPPET: “”It was all gang activity, totally, 100 percent,” said Shukri Adan, a former Somali community organizer who estimated in a 2007 report for the city that between 400 and 500 young Somalis were active in gangs. “The police don’t want to say that but everybody else knows that.””
SNIPPET: “Gangs like the Somali Hot Boyz, the Somali Mafia and Madhibaan with Attitude have grown more active in recent years, said Jeanine Brudenell, the Minneapolis Police Department’s Somali liaison officer.”
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Plea Hearing for Minn. Somali on Terror Charge
KSTP.com ^ | 7/27/09 | AP
Posted on July 27, 2009 6:48:07 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Attorneys for a Minnesota man accused of going to Somalia to fight with Islamic militants are expected to submit a plea agreement ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, according to court documents filed Monday.
A federal grand jury indicted Salah Osman Ahmed, 26, on charges of providing material support to terrorists, lying to the FBI, and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim and injure. The indictment was handed up in February but kept under seal until this month, when Ahmed was arrested.
The documents filed Monday call for attorneys to submit a plea agreement ahead of a Tuesday afternoon hearing in U.S. District Court. A message seeking comment from Ahmed’s attorney wasn’t immediately returned. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment.
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