Posted by
Gabrielle Cusumano on Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:46:52 PM
"Officials believe the naturalized American, Shirwa Ahmed, was on a terrorist team that detonated five car bombs in two northern Somali cities on Oct. 29, killing at least 30 people, including U.N. aid workers."
LA Times gives more information on the Somali missing men in the US.
January 18, 2009
The LA Times has a quote that firms up the number missing from Minneapolis but still no word on how many are missing from other US cities where we resettled them at taxpayer expense and gave them an opportunity for a good life.
The youths, who have U.S. passports, followed a well-trod trail from Minneapolis to Mogadishu. Another group took off in August. The FBI believes that over the last two years, 12 to 20 Minnesotans have gone to Somalia and are believed to have returned to Somalia for terrorist training,.
As a result, a joint terrorism task force led by the FBI is scrambling to determine if extremist Islamic groups are seeking recruits here in the nation’s largest Somali community — as well as in San Diego, Seattle, Boston and other cities. [Hint to FBI: be sure you add Lewiston, ME to your list of possible recruitment cities]
More details on Shirwa Ahmed, the 27-year-old Somali suicide bomber we gave a decent burial to back in December were revealed. We now know that he was definitely a suicide bomber and he killed UN aid workers among the 30 or so people he blew up.
Officials believe the naturalized American was on a terrorist team that detonated five car bombs in two northern Somali cities on Oct. 29, killing at least 30 people, including U.N. aid workers.
Ahmed phoned his sister in Minneapolis a day before the bombings to say he would not see her again, according to a family friend. “She thought he was sick,” the friend said. The next day, someone else called from Somalia to say he had “gone to paradise” as a martyr for Islam.
I still would like to know how much the return of Ahmed’s remains cost the US taxpayer.
The FBI brought back bone fragments and other remains found in Bosaso, one of the blast sites, Wilson said. DNA tests established Ahmed’s identity.
He was buried in a Muslim funeral in Burnsville, south of Minneapolis, on Dec. 3.
Ahmed had not been on the FBI’s radar before the bombings. And his death raised fears that someone trained in Somalia might import terrorist tactics to America.
“There is always a concern about spillover, bleed-out, call it what you will,” said a U.S. official tracking the case who requested anonymity when discussing U.S. intelligence matters. “Especially if they were to return on a U.S. passport.”
How about that, the FBI didn’t have Ahmed or these other guys on their radar screen. Guess they didn’t see any need to keep an eye on radical MOSQUES!
We had heard about one mosque being watched since the men went missing, but this LA Times article adds a second mosque now under scrutiny in the Minneapolis area.
Posted by acorcoran on November 26, 2008
Update Jan. 18th, 2009: Los Angeles Times fills in more details.
Update Dec. 30th: Washington Times puts story on front page here.
Update Dec. 29th: The FBI is paying attention to Somalis in U.S.
Update Dec. 26th: Scrutinize mosques in the US in wake of missing Somalis investigation.
Update Dec. 23rd: Financial Times of London is reporting this story now. Hat tip: Jerry Gordon.
Update Dec. 21st: UPI reported that the FBI might be taking a harder look at the local mosque, here.
Wall Street Journal reports that Somali youths are missing from other US cities, here.
Update Dec. 12th: CNN gets on the Somali missing men story bandwagon here.
Indepth reporting by Patrick Poole here at Frontpage magazine.
Update Dec. 8th: More on missing men in US and Denmark
Update Dec. 4th: Somali men missing all over the world tonight.
Update Dec. 1st: Minneapolis mosque leaders not allowed to leave country, here.
Update Nov. 29th: News Busters says this is not West Side Story.
Update Nov. 28th: Somali Jihadists say they are coming to get us! At Jihad Watch today.
Update Nov. 27th: AP story has gone everywhere, on FOX News here.
Update a couple hours later: The story is movin’ on up nationally—to ABC now.
Thanks again to the Baron at Gates of Vienna, who just sent news that 40 (four-0) Somali young men have disappeared from the Twin Cities recently. Two days ago we reported the number at about 20. From 5 Eyewitness News today: