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View Post: Counterterrorism Blog: Western terrorism recruits in Somalia
12 hours ago by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross  
It turned out they were returning to Somalia to train in Shabaab camps or to take up arms against Shabaab's enemies within the country. Islamists of non-Somali descent were also travelling there to join Shabaab. ...
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View Post: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: Western terrorism recruits in Somalia ...
13 hours ago by NP Editor  
American convert Daniel Maldonado, who pleaded guilty in April 2007 to receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization, told U.S. authorities that when he decided to travel to Somalia, it was to fight jihad — something he ...
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View Post: Somalia: 2 kidnapped journalists freed
The Wire
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View Blog: Journalists and humanitarian workers are frequently abducted for ransoms in Somalia, one of the world's poorest and most war-torn countries. Foreign and local workers generally travel in convoys heavily guarded by freelance militiamen.

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View Post: JURIST - Paper Chase: DOJ charges 8 with supporting Somalia ...
24 Nov 2009
The recruitment of young people from Minneapolis and other US communities to fight for extremists in Somalia has been the focus of intense investigation for many months. While the charges unsealed today underscore our progress to date, ...
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View Post: Somalia – Somalia: 2 kidnapped journalists freed (INO News ...
1 hour ago
Source: Reuters MOGADISHU, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Two freelance journalists kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008 were freed on Wednesday, and are in a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, a Somali member of parliament and … ...
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View Post: Somalia: 2 kidnapped journalists freed
Antiwar Newswire
7 hours ago by admin   ...
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View Post: AfricaNews - Somalia: Insurgents stop relief efforts - The ...
16 hours ago by dummy@example.com (Muhyadin)  
Somali Islamist group Al-shabaab has ordered the World Food Programme (WFP) to immediately stop importing relief items into Somalia. The group accused the aid agency of destroying local agriculture on Wednesday. ...
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View Post: Jon Slattery: Journalists freed in Somalia after 15 months
3 hours ago by Jon Slattery  
Reuters has reported that two freelance journalists, Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan, kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008 have been freed. The agency said that the freed journalists are in a hotel in the capital ...
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