Al-Shabab recruitment of Somali youth poses threat, Congress told
Al-Shabab’s recruitment of Somali youth in America poses a threat to U.S. security, the director of a Minnesota-based organization told Congress on Thursday. Speaking before a House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mohamed Farah told members that Al Shabab preys on “disenfranchised” Somali youth and that agencies should devote more resources to “eliminate this cancerous ideology.” The…
