Indictment:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/1355.pdf
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/08/shabaab-support-network-shut-down
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Shabaab Support Network Shut Down”
by IPT News • Aug 5, 2010 at 4:25 pm
SNIPPET: “Federal authorities announced a major break Thursday in efforts to dismantle the international terrorist organization, al Shabaab. As we have previously reported, the past year has seen a substantial increase in Western youth traveling to Somalia to take up arms against African Union forces in the hopes of establishing an Islamic state in the Horn of Africa. The charging documents, naming 14 individuals, reveal the evolving threat posed by al Shabaab.
While historically confined to Somalia, al Shabaab has recently demonstrated the desire and capability of striking in its neighboring countries. Less than a month ago the organization claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in Uganda during the World Cup which killed 74 people. And as the organization becomes a growing threat, the Justice Department has focused on the American support structure for al Shabaab.
The investigation announced by Attorney General Holder on Thursday, spanned at least four states and required the cooperation of local, federal, and international law enforcement officials. It culminated in the indictment of Omar Hammami in Alabama, Jehad Mostafa in California, and 12 more defendants in Minnesota (see here and here).”
A bit off thread topic:
Speaking of the threats to the World Cup and the terrorist act in UGANDA recently (See post no. 9) where an American was killed and Americans were injured; here is the background link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2488772/posts