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		<title>Evidence Shows Minnesota Somali Explosion that Killed 2 Linked to Al Qaeda</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two bodies were found in the rubble, and fourteen people were hospitalized]]></description>
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<p>The United States is being overrun <a href="http://gatesofvienna.net/2014/02/the-ec-knows-why-doesnt-the-fbi/">by communities from terrorist countries</a>. Despite all the news reports about 5-year-olds ending up on No Fly Lists, Muslims with actual links to terrorism routinely travel back and forth.</p>
<p>Very little has changed since before 9/11. We&#8217;ve built up a large bureaucracy, but it&#8217;s still too bulky and unwieldy to use.</p>
<blockquote><p>On New Year’s Day 2014 a powerful explosion and fire occurred at 514 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis, in a predominantly Somali neighborhood of the city.</p>
<p>The building was gutted by the blaze. Two bodies were found in the rubble, and fourteen people were hospitalized, one of whom died later. Within 72 hours, the building had been pulled down into a heap of rubble by a backhoe.</p>
<p>Two days after the blast, before any real investigation occurred — which could never be conducted, anyway, with the potential crime scene destroyed — Greg Boosalis, the supervisory special agent with the FBI in Minneapolis, told the press that there was “no evidence of terrorist activity”.</p>
<p>For those who have been following the story of the Cedar-Riverside explosion, the name “Garad Nor” may ring a bell.</p>
<p>[Garad K. Nor] According to the MN Secretary of State website, Garad Nor is recorded as a “Registered Agent” of Wadani Properties, the company that owned and managed the apartments of the Cedar-Riverside building located at 510 and 512 Cedar Ave South that exploded and burned on January 1. In some reports, Garad Nor himself as listed as the owner.</p>
<p>According to the website of the Minnesota Secretary of State, Garad Nor is also the Chief Executive Officer of Dar Al Tawakul General LLC. Dar Al Tawakul General LLC is one of the companies listed in the indictment against the two Rochester citizens found guilty of money laundering for al-Shabaab.</p>
<p>Why did the European Commission list Garad K. Nor et al. as being associated with Islamic terrorists? As it happens, the EC was acting on a list drawn up by the United States Treasury the previous year, not long after 9/11.</p>
<p>Since being listed as a terrorism-associate by the U.S. Treasury and the European Commission, Garad K. Nor has managed to clear his name.</p>
<p>A press release issued in 2012 says the President and CEO of Tawakal Money Express successfully completed a four-day training workshop (teleconferenced from Somalia) for its staff and agents regarding procedures for complying with anti-money laundering regulations in the USA.</p></blockquote>
<p>Problem solved then, pay no attention to the explosions. The training workshop was completed. All is well. Pay no attention to the Little Mogadishus growing across the country.</p>
<p>This <a href="http://gatesofvienna.net/2014/02/the-ec-knows-why-doesnt-the-fbi/">investigative report comes from Gates of Vienna </a>which is doing the job that the FBI won&#8217;t do.</p>
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		<title>The Second Battle for Mogadishu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Al-Qaeda resurrect the network it lost in Afghanistan?]]></description>
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<p>The U.S., European Union and their African allies are training and equipping the security forces of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government to try to take back the parts of Mogadishu now under the control of an Al-Qaeda affiliate. Large portions of the city, known to most Americans as the site of the 1993 ambush that prompted the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, is controlled by the al-Shabaab terrorist group. Should Al-Qaeda and its allies succeed in seizing Somalia, they will be able to resurrect the network they lost in Afghanistan and activate their Somali networks in the West to deadly effect.</p>
<p>Recent incidents show the terrifying reach of al-Shabaab. An individual in Virginia named Anthony Joseph Tracy that admits having contact with the terrorist group is known to have <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Feds-can_t-find-Somalis-they-say-Va_-man-smuggled-into-U_S_-90381114.html">smuggled</a> 270 Somalis into the U.S., all of whom are believed to remain in the country and have proven extremely difficult to identify. It is improbable that al-Shabaab would use its resources to sneak random Somalis into the country. The odds are that these are their recruits and they are being used to establish sleeper cells in our midst. Considering that less than 20 terrorists were needed to execute 9/11, the number of nearly 300 could have catastrophic consequences.</p>
<p>A law enforcement report <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/world/Somalis-with-terrorist-links-feared-headed-to-U_S_-border-89954247.html">reveals</a> that 23 Somalis suspected of being connected to al-Shabaab were arrested in Mexico early in the year as they planned to enter the United States. The Mexican authorities released the group on January 21, despite the fact that only 16 had been identified. One of those arrested was Mohamed Osman Noor, a member of al-Shabaab. It is not clear why the Mexicans released them but it is more than likely that the Somalis made their trip to the U.S. as they intended, albeit a little later than they had hoped.</p>
<p>Al-Shabaab has had great success in recruiting among the Somali communities in the West, many of whom have arrived under refugee programs meant to help those in the war-torn country. About 20 Somali-Americans have disappeared from the Minneapolis area alone and are assumed to have joined al-Shabaab’s ranks, at least six of whom have died in Somalia. The first American citizen to become a suicide bomber, Shirwa Ahmed, killed himself and as many as 30 others in Somalia in October 2008. Fourteen Americans have been charged for their involvement in al-Shabaab’s recruiting and transporting of Somali-Americans. This Al-Qaeda affiliate’s infrastructure in the West, particularly in the United States, is undoubtedly expansive, sophisticated, and successful.</p>
<p>In November 2007, terrorism expert Patrick Poole <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=33399">wrote</a> that “…there exists an active recruiting and transportation network in the U.S., including Minneapolis, for Somali-run terrorist training camps, many of which have recently reopened. In many instances, these same Somali leaders purporting ignorance and innocence for the local media are not only aware of these recruiting operations, but have actively participated in them.”</p>
<p>At least five Somalis from Canada disappeared and probably <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/737965--did-five-torontonians-join-jihad-in-somalia">joined</a> al-Shabaab in November 2009, and <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5741300.ece">dozens</a> of Somalis in the United   Kingdom have gone to their homeland for training and returned back. A Somali member of al-Shabaab is <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/01/danish.cartoon.break.in/index.html">charged</a> with trying to murder the Danish cartoonist who authored a degrading picture of Mohammed. This month, the Kenyan authorities <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Escaped%20man%20a%20key%20al%20Shabaab%20sponsor/-/1056/886126/-/x1xeyl/-/index.html">arrested</a> a Somali-Australian believed to be involved in an al-Shabaab terrorist plot in Australia but was accidentally released. Last August, the Australians arrested four suspected al-Shabaab terrorists believed to be planning attacks, some of whom had fought in Somalia.</p>
<p>Somalis have been captured in Saudi Arabia and Yemen after linking up with the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, and Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen are <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20001978-10391695.html">reinforcing</a> al-Shabaab in Somalia. In this way, Yemen and Somalia can be compared to Afghanistan and Pakistan, as progress in one is offset by the harbor available on the other side. The increasing role of al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen in ongoing terrorist operations make an aggressive effort on both ends imperative.</p>
<p>Al-Shabaab currently controls southern Somalia and large portions of Mogadishu. Absent extensive aid to the forces of the Transitional Federal Government and militias like the Sunnah Wal Jama that are fighting them, Al-Qaeda will win the battle of Mogadishu and take control of Somalia. It is well within al-Shabaab’s capability to authorize attacks inside the United States, Canada and Europe, especially in light of the new revelation that one of their partners has smuggled in 270 Somalis into the U.S. The question is why they haven’t. It’s possible that they fear that doing so will expose their networks in the U.S., or that they don’t want to provoke the West into intervening further in Somalia.</p>
<p>It is unclear why al-Shabaab has not tried to perpetrate an attack in America yet, but it is clear that they have the capability and that capability will dramatically expand as they conquer Somalia. Al-Shabaab has pledged its allegiance to Al-Qaeda, and they fully intend to use their networks to carry out the follow-up attacks on America that Bin Laden has thus far been unable to. If Somalia falls to Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, then it will be their biggest victory since 9/11.</p>
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		<title>The Threat at Home &#8211; by Ryan Mauro</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A disturbing trend among Somali immigrants in the West.]]></description>
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<p>As the United States turns its attention to security threats abroad, the disturbing trend of extremism in America’s Somali communities is a reminder that there are also real and present dangers at home.</p>
<p>A growing body of evidence suggests that Somali communities in the Unites States have become fertile ground for terrorist groups to recruit and implant operatives. On November 23, the federal government <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/23/us/AP-US-Missing-Somalis.html">announced</a> eight more indictments of Somali-Americans in Minnesota on charges of recruiting members of their community to join the al-Shabaab terrorist organization in Somalia. This brings to 14 the number of Somalis from Minnesota who have been indicted for helping the Al-Qaeda-linked group.</p>
<p>Of the eight indicted, only one has been arrested; the rest are currently outside of the United States. Four of those previously arrested have pled guilty and two have been released while they wait to be tried. The government believes that about 20 Somali-Americans have left the state to join al-Shabaab’s jihad in Somalia, at least three of whom have <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575850,00.html">died</a> since departing. One, Shirwa Ahmed, died when he became the first American suicide bomber.</p>
<p>Several of those indicted attended the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in St. Paul, as did many of those who were recruited. The mosque released a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529796,00.html">statement</a> in March saying that “Abubakar Center didn’t recruit, finance, or otherwise facilitate in any way, shape, or form the travel of those youth.”</p>
<p>Somali gangs are also becoming an issue in Minnesota. Shukri Adan, a former Somali community organizer, said in 2007 that there 400-500 members of his community were involved in gangs. <em>The Associated Press</em> <a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/07/-muslim-gangs-get-foothold-in-minnesota-.html">reported</a> in July that</p>
<blockquote><p>“Despite anger and despair over the killings in Minnesota’s Somali community—the nation’s largest—police and prosecutors have struggled to catch and try the killers. Few witnesses have stepped forward because of a fear of reprisal and deep-rooted distrust of authority.”</p></blockquote>
<p>The concern over extremist elements in the Somali community is not limited to Minnesota. The FBI is <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&amp;pageId=98997">worried</a> about the community of 6,000 living in the Washington D.C. area. The Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, which was <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573050,00.html">attended</a> by two of the 9/11 hijackers and the Fort Hood shooter, has many Somali attendees. The former imam of the mosque has acted as an Al-Qaeda recruiter and may be part of the group’s <a href="http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/awlakishebab1208.pdf">efforts</a> to help al-Shabaab. The FBI’s investigation into disappearing Somalis who may have joined the terrorist group <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509839,00.html">includes</a> Seattle, Columbus, Cicinnati, Boston and San Diego.</p>
<p>Brian Moseley, a reporter for the <em>Shelbyville Times-Gazette</em>, won an award for documenting of the inability of Somali immigrants in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to assimilate, causing a culture clash in the town. Moseley <a href="http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/15124/sec_id/15124">described</a> how law enforcement and fire department personnel had described to him how the immigrants were hostile to them, and how police officers were often reluctant to patrol areas where they live when it is dark. I also broke a <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=97946">story</a> in May about how counter-terrorism expert Dave Gaubatz and his researchers had found extremist material at a mostly Somali mosque in Nashville. Gaubatz and his team collected evidence of child abuse and accused the Department of Child Services of failing to act.</p>
<p>A similar clash was caught on tape when on June 27, 2009 a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfW9inRkTpU">video</a> was uploaded to YouTube showing about 15 Somali youth harassing and throwing rocks at a homosexual man leaving the Gay Pride Festival in Minneapolis.</p>
<p>Terrorism researcher Patrick Poole <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/homeland_security_snoozes_whil/">wrote</a> in November 2007 that an organization tied to radical Islamic militants in Somalia was holding conferences in Falls Church and Minneapolis, where those attending were instructed on how to send money overseas without being detected. Poole <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=33399">wrote</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>“…there exists an active recruiting and transportation network in the U.S., including Minneapolis, for Somali-run terrorist training camps, many of which have recently reopened. In many instances, these same Somali leaders purporting ignorance and innocence for the local media are not only aware of these recruiting operations, but have actively participated in them.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Al-Shabaab’s ranks have been swelled by the addition of non-Somalis. The president of Somalia’s government has <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/02/fbi-director-al-qaeda-linked-somali-group-attack/">said</a> that up to 1,100 foreign terrorists have joined the group, which now is operating training camps in the East African country. The terrorist group has a wide international network and its training of foreign operatives means it has sympathizers willing to act in the West.</p>
<p>One Somali-American from Minneapolis was <a href="http://www1.voanews.com/somali/news/news-makers-in-english/Somali-Man-Arrested-in-the-Netherlands-on-Terrorism-Charges-69769692.html">arrested</a> in November in the Netherlands for financing the transportation of American recruits to Somalia. Up to five Somalis living in Canada <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2230011">disappeared</a> in November as well and are believed to have traveled together to their homeland via Kenya. Previously, a Toronto-based businessman was killed in 2008 after he joined Somali terrorists fighting Ethiopian troops who had invaded the country to stop extremists from coming to power. British intelligence has <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5741300.ece">said</a> that dozens of people have gone to Somalia and received terrorist training and returned to the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>Al-Shabaab has taken large control over large swaths of territory, including parts of Mogadishu, potentially allowed Al-Qaeda to replicate the safe harbor and reverse some of its most major losses since the war in Afghanistan began. Already, Somalia is being used as a base to export terrorism. Saudi Arabia has <a href="http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/22531.htm">captured</a> Somalis that were helping the extremist Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and were planning attacks in the Kingdom.</p>
<p>Of course, not all Somalis are sympathizers with extremism. There has been outrage in the Somali community over these developments. On June 11, Somali-Americans in Minneapolis <a href="http://www.startribune.com/local/47883727.html?elr=KArksUUUU">protested</a> the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which they accused of encouraging members of their community not to cooperate with the government’s investigation. The <a href="http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/">Terror-Free Somalia Foundation</a>, which closely tracks events related to al-Shabaab, is led by Abdurahman Warsame, a Somali-American activist.</p>
<p>The failure to integrate these Somali immigrants into American society is causing strife and has proved to be an asset to al-Shabaab. The majority of the immigrants oppose such extremism. But it doesn’t take many sympathizers to create a network of support for terrorists. The current focus of al-Shabaab is Somalia, but when the day comes that they change their focus to the U.S., they will have American recruits ready for action.</p>
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