Yet no one would dream of reevaluating the immigration policy that made this possible. Oh, no. That would be “racist.” Better to die in a bloody jihad attack than appear “racist.” “Somali terror group linked to Al Qaeda ‘recruited 21 men in Minnesota,'” from the Daily Mail, July 16:
A Somali terror group has allegedly recruited more than 20 young men from Minnesota to fight against the Ethopian [sic] army.
Details of how a carefully-organised Islamist cell raised money, created fake itineraries and held secret meetings have emerged ahead of the trial of one suspected leader.
Omer Abdi Mohamed, 26, is one of 18 men charged with recruiting young Somalis from Minneapolis to join terror group al-Shabab, which has links to Al Qaeda.
Since 2007, at least 21 men have left Minnesota for Somalia, where they arrived at safehouses and were given AK-47s and weapons training, court documents claim, before fighting Ethiopian troops.
Back in Minnesota, members of the cell raised money for their trip by duping the Somali community into thinking the cash was to give aid to their home country. […]
The U.S. declared al-Shabab a terrorist organisation in early 2008.
Officials had long suspected the group had ties to Al Qaeda, but it was not confirmed until 2010, when al-Shabab officially aligned itself with the terror group.
According to prosecutors, from September 2007, Mohamed and others conspired to raise money to send men to Somalia so they could oust the Ethiopians with violence.
Others were also recruited to the cause. The group held meetings at mosques and restaurants, and took measures to keep things secretive….
Mosques? Why didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims rise up and throw them out — and immediately report them to authorities?