Free Republic

At Brooklands College in July 2017, Ahmed Hassan was awarded a prize as "student of the year". He used the £20 Amazon voucher he received to purchase the first of the ingredients he needed to build his bomb. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave seems almost to suggest that "violating" the law of the Quran and Islam is an offense in itself -- one worth noting alongside the crime of putting a bomb on a packed commuter train. ... Ahmed Hassan .. left a homemade bomb on the train. At Parson's Green tube station, the device detonated. Fortunately for the commuters, which included...

Somalis in U.S. draw FBI attention War at home seen as lure The FBI is expanding contacts with Somali immigrant communities in the U.S., especially in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, fearing that terrorists are recruiting young men for suicide missions in their homeland. FBI Special Agent E.K. Wilson, spokesman for the Twin Cities FBI field office, described the effort as community outreach. Many members of the Somali community are concerned over disappearances, he said.

<p>SNIPPET: "NAIROBI, Kenya — An American man of Somali origin arrested in Kenya over suspicions of terrorism says police have released him along with two other men."</p> <p>SNIPPET: "Suleman Essa said Friday that Kenyan police did not tell him why they arrested him..."</p>

One Palestinian was killed and two others injured Saturday morning as a result of an explosion in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Palestinian sources said. According to the Israel Radio report, the sources said that the dead man, Ahmed Hassan, was an Islamic Jihad activist, and that the circumstances indicated the explosion may have been a "work accident," meaning he may have been preparing or handling an explosive device that detonated unplanned. Relatives weeping over the body of Ahmed Hassan, who was killed Friday in an explosion in the Rafah refugee camp. (AP) In a separate incident, Palestinian gunmen...