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Chilling communiques between Osama bin Laden and his deputies about plans for attacking the White House, Statue of Liberty and “America’s heartland” were revealed for the first time Wednesday in the Brooklyn federal court trial of an accused al Qaeda terror plotter. Spewing hate for America and plans to unleash terror operations in England, Russia and…
EDMONTON — Edmonton’s large Somali community is “disgusted” and “insulted” to be mentioned in a recent video allegedly released by Somali-based extremist group Al-Shabab. “This group is known to have caused a lot of destruction and death back in Somalia,” said Jibril Ibrahim, the president of the Somali Canadian Cultural Society of Edmonton. “They are despised…
In Newmarket, Anwar Hared was just another minor league hockey player: average, albeit enthusiastic. In Khabarovsk, a sprawling city in Russia’s frigid Far East, the 18-year-old solidified his position as the star of Somalia’s national bandy team. “I’ve never had a better trip in my life,” Hared says from his parents’ Newmarket home. “Once you…
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Somali population in Minnesota is reacting to the threats being made by their country’s extremist groups. Here in Rochester, one community leader is calling al-Shabaab’s threat a “bluff.” While al-Shabaab’s threat may have shoppers and security experts on high alert, immigrants from the troubled country say those demands hold no…
Mustafa Mattan was killed the day before the Chapel Hill executions. However, unlike Deah Barakat, Yusor and Razan Abu-Salha, few Muslims are familiar with the name Mustafa Mattan. Mustafa is black and Somali Canadian. The 28-year-old Ottawa native travelled to Fort McMurray, a far off but economically booming city in northeast Alberta, Canada. Like many…
MOGADISHU, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — At least 28 people were killed and 54 others wounded in a suicide attack at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, the Somali government said Sunday. Security Minister Abdirisaq Omar Mohamed said at least eight other people succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment. “We can now confirm…
The US Homeland Security Department has said that it is not aware of any specific plot against US shopping malls, backing away from comments by the department’s chief that he takes seriously a threat by Somali-based armed group al-Shabab against shopping sites in Western countries. Some US and Canadian officials earlier on Sunday had cast…
Mogadishu: Twin suicide bombings at a Mogadishu hotel popular with government ministers and officials that killed 25 people were carried out by Dutch-Somali nationals, Somali intelligence sources said on Saturday. Somali intelligence believe both bombers – a man and a woman – were Dutch-Somali citizens who infiltrated the Central Hotel close to the presidential palace…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The death toll in an attack by suicide bombers at a hotel compound in Mogadishu on Friday rose to 25 people, with more than 40 people wounded, Somali officials said Saturday. The Shabab, a rebel group, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that the intended targets were government ministers and lawmakers who…
Labour has chosen a Londoner to run against George Galloway as the party attempts to regain the outspoken Scot’s Bradford West seat in this year’s general election. British-Somali Amina Ali was chosen from an all-woman shortlist of three in a move which will annoy some party members who wanted to see a local candidate. But…
The al Qaeda branch in Somalia released a video Saturday celebrating the September 2013 attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed 60 people in a four-day siege. In the 66-minute video, unleashed on Twitter in both English and Arabic, al-Shabab called for attacks on specific targets in the U.S., Canada and…
An anti-immigration group calling itself the Bristol Defence League says it is organising a demonstration against “Somalian grooming gangs” in Bristol on Saturday The group, which claims to be a “non-racist/fascist non-political street movement”, says it is protesting against the “crimes and practices of Islam” and anti-fascist groups in the city. The location and exact…
(Reuters) – At least six people were killed and two government ministers and a lawmaker were wounded on Friday in a suicide attack by Islamist rebels on a hotel in the Somali capital, police said. “So far we have confirmed six people dead, including soldiers and civilians,” Farah Abdullahi, a police captain, told Reuters. “The…
One of the major powers vested in the American presidency is that of the bully pulpit. The opportunity to bring attention to a particular issue is enormous. President Obama has done that this week by spearheading a summit that included law enforcement agencies and community leaders from three major American cities, Boston, Los Angeles and…
NAIROBI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Regional carriers Daallo Airlines and Jubba Airways profited independently for years in one of the world’s toughest markets, competing on routes to war-torn Somalia that most avoided. Yet as the guns fall silent, the rivals face a new battle that has pushed them to merge: competition from big international carriers…
Muslim leaders in the Twin Cities accused the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday of using its new community counterterrorism program as cover that would allow the FBI to spy on the Somali community. The harsh criticism, voiced by local members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), came on the eve of a White…
Another gaffe by Vice President Joe Biden is driving the news today after he made comments on his “great relationship” with Somali cab drivers. At the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on Tuesday, Biden was discussing areas where East African immigrants have settled in the United States, including the “very identifiable” Somali community…
Silatech and Somali NGO Shaqodoon recently concluded a program in Hargeisa, Somaliland, training 12 local advisors to implement the Tamheed career guidance program. Conducted from _26-29 January, 2015, the four-day program was the first-ever Tamheed training ever to be held in the Somali territories. Silatech is a regional social initiative that works with partners throughout…
Making good on a promise to kill government officials “one by one,” al-Shabab fighters killed four more people on Monday, and vowed to “step up” the attacks. Three government officials and their driver were gunned down by al-Shabab at the airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu on Monday, as the group made good on a promise to continue killing. “We shall step up killing…
Ibrahim Mohamed has worked at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for almost 11 years. Within that time, his jobs have ranged from cabinet-maker, to ticket-verifier to, currently, a cart driver. “Absolutely, I do enjoy my job that’s why I stay on it still,” he said. But now Mohamed faces a new and daunting challenge. He’s…