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Al-Shabaab

  • News

    April 25, 2012

    The Terrorists Next Door

    National security laws have transformed America's most vulnerable immigrants into terrorists

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Money-wiring shutdown worries local Somalis

    ​The war on terrorism is making life difficult for local Somalis.Last month, owners of Somali money-lending businesses, called hawalas, were notified by St. Paul-based Sunrise Community Banks that they would no longer be able to wire money back home. Sunrise was the last bank in Minnesota to offer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's Somalia seminar called "anti-Muslim"

    Bob Fletcher in his former post as Ramsey County sheriff.​After he lost the election for Ramsey County sheriff, Bob Fletcher declared a new passion: educating law enforcement about Somali culture and history. He dubbed the new venture the Center for Somalia History Studies, and its first event -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    FBI wants DNA proof of third Minnesota Somali suicide bomber

    This is the first message which has encouraged Somali-Americans to declare war at home.​Abdisalan Ali is thought to be the young man from Minneapolis who killed himself and at least 10 others in a Mogadishu suicide attack. But some who've listened to the recording which is supposedly Ali's last vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2011

    Somali suicide bomber from Minneapolis: "Do Jihad in America"

    Somali's civil war claims another Minnesotan.​A suicide bomber who blew himself up in Mogadishu yesterday in an attack that killed 10 had traveled to Somalia from Minneapolis in 2008.Abdisalan Ali had emigrated to Minnesota with his family when he was 2 years old, but was among 20 local youths who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Amina Ali, to courtroom: "You are all going to hell"

    Ami Ali had harsh words for the judge and everyone else.​Amina Ali, one of two Rochester women found guilty yesterday of providing material support to terrorism, was given the standard chance to address the courtroom. Not only take the chance, she stunned the courtroom with what was on her mind.Sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Amina Ali, Hawo Hassan found guilty on terrorism charges

    amina Ali was convicted on 13 felony counts.​Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan, the two Rochester women accused of providing material support to Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, have been found guilty on all counts by a Minneapolis jury.Hassan was convicted on three counts, while the jury found Ali ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Amina Ali, accused supporter of Somali terrorists, complains of bad treatment in jail

    ​Amina Ali knew she was supporting al-Shabaab; that much is certain. What her trial will determine is what she knew about al-Shabaab.These revelations came during yesterday's opening statements in the case of Ali and Hawo Hassan, two Rochester women on trial in U.S. District Court in St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Amina Ali arrested in court for refusing to stand for judge

    ​Amina Farah Ali might be facing trial for giving material support to terrorist groups. But that doesn't mean she's going to stand up if she doesn't feel like it.Ali, the 35-year-old woman accused of funneling money to Somali militant group al-Shabaab, was arrested in court this morning after refu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher launches Center for Somalia History Studies

    ​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher has kept a pretty low profile since he lost the election back last November. He returned to his post as a watch commander with the St. Paul police, surfacing only occasionally to field criticism of how he ran the department as his successor settled in. N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Farah Mohamed Beledi confirmed by FBI as Somali suicide bomber

    Farah Mohamed Beledi fled the Twin Cities in 2009​The FBI is confirming that 27-year-old Farah Mohamed Beledi of St. Paul was one of two men who died in a Mogadishu suicide attack last week. He fled Minnesota in 2009 to join the al-Shabaab terrorist group. Beledi was one of 13 Twin Cities me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Minnesota Public Radio Somali series wins national SPJ award

    MPRYuen's three-part series details the struggles of Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities.​Minnesota Public Radio just picked up a prestigious award for its in-depth coverage on the Somali community in Minneapolis. The Society of Professional Journalists announced yesterday that MPR's three-p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Al-Shabaab claims Abdullahi Ahmed, of Minnesota, carried out Somalia suicide attack

    WikipediaAl-Shabaab has been linked to Minnesota before.​Al-Shabaab, the Islamic terrorist group allied with al-Qaeda, is reporting on its website that a Somali American from Minnesota, 25-year-old Abdullahi Ahmed, blew himself up during a car bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Globa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Somali gangs in Minneapolis accused of running sex-traffic ring

    ​The Somali community, already dealing with some of its members' alleged links to the al-Shabaab terrorist group, now has some more bad news. More than twenty Somalis said to be members of one of a trio of gangs have been arrested in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs on inters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Abdi Mahdi Hussein charged with terrorism for aiding Al-Shabaab

    Somalis are waging war on themselves with money sent from here​Three more Somalis have been charged with funneling money to the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab. One of the men was arrested Monday in Minneapolis. Abdi Mahdi Hussein, who works for a remittance company, is accused of conspiring wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Shirwa Ahmed, Somali jihadist from Twin Cities, in new terrorism report

    U.S. officials consider Al-Shabab in Somalia a terrorist threat, even here​Just in time for the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a bipartisan think tank has issued a report on how terrorism has changed since 2001. And the Somali men who disappeared from the Twin Cities to play a prominen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan arrested in MN for al Shabaab link [VIDEO]

    Photo: banspyAmina Ali and Hawo Hassan were taken into custody this afternoon.​Two naturalized American citizens living in Rochester, both originally from Somalia, have been arrested on charges that they conspired to provide material support to the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab. The FBI to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    R.T. Rybak and Barack Obama discuss combating Somali radicals

    Obama and Rybak discussed ways to combat radicalization of Somali youth​Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak joined Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker and Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Michael Coleman at a White House meeting on Tuesday to talk about coping with terrorist groups recruiting people on American soi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    60 Minutes probes Somali terror ties in Minnesota

    ​60 Minutes yesterday featured an extensive probe into Minnesota's "Little Mogadishu" as a recruiting ground for fighters in the Somali civil war.After leading with the recently bungled Times Square bombing by an American citizen of Pakistani descent, CBS segued into a hard look at the case of 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Terrorism charges against eight more MN Somalis

    Federal prosecutors unsealed the charges against the men today. That brings the total number of Minnesota men charged in the Somali terrorism probe to 14.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Local Somali indicted in terrorist conspiracy probe

    The indictment is the latest chapter in a federal probe into the disappearance of 20 Somali men.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Did Somali with MN ties finance terrorists?

    The Dutch arrest a Somali man with Minnesota ties who is wanted in the U.S. for allegedly financing Islamic terrorists.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Dead Al-Qaida suspect had ties to missing Minn. Somalis

    U.S. Special Forces killed a man Monday in Somalia suspected of being a link between al-Qaida in Pakistan and the militia targeted for recruiting Minnesota Somalis to return to fight.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    5th Minn. Somali killed in Somalia

    A fifth Somali man from Minnesota has been killed in his homeland.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Third guilty plea in missing Somali investigation

    Another man has pleaded guilty in the ongoing investigation into Americans who disappeared and returned to Somalia to fight with a militant group.

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Minn. terror suspect's trial scheduled to begin in October

    Salah Osman Ahmed, 26, of New Brighton, Minn. is accused of supporting terrorism, lying to authorities, and planning to kill people outside of the country.

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