http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/somalia/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:26:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420660/posts The Somali man charged with the attempted murder of a Danish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed had previously been arrested in Kenya over an alleged suicide terror plot targeting Hillary Clinton, it was reported on Sunday. Kenyan police are understood to have deported the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, after he was linked to plans to blow up two hotels and a bus station in the capital, Nairobi, when the US Secretary of State visited last August. The 28-year-old was later released for lack of evidence, the Danish daily newspaper Politiken said, citing unnamed intelligence sources. The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420660/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:26:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419806/posts Desperate Somalis Seek 'Back-Door' Route To U.S. By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer LANCASTER, Calif. – The asylum seeker from Somalia hung his head as an immigration judge grilled him about his treacherous journey from the Horn of Africa. By air, sea and land he finally made it to Mexico, and then a taxi delivered him into the arms of U.S. border agents at San Diego. Islamic militants had killed his brother, Mohamed Ahmed Kheire testified, and majority clan members had beaten his sister. He had to flee Mogadishu to live. The voice of the judge, beamed by videoconference from... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419806/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419700/posts LANCASTER, Calif. – The asylum seeker from Somalia hung his head as an immigration judge grilled him about his treacherous journey from the Horn of Africa. By air, sea and land he finally made it to Mexico, and then a taxi delivered him into the arms of U.S. border agents at San Diego. Islamic militants had killed his brother, Mohamed Ahmed Kheire testified, and majority clan members had beaten his sister. He had to flee Mogadishu to live. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419700/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:20:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419624/posts Yemen's government vowed it will not tolerate foreign terrorists on its soil, one day after a Somali insurgent group said it was sending fighters. Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told the official Saba news agency Saturday that Yemen is ready to oppose anyone threatening its security and stability. His comments follow a promise Friday by Somalia's al-Shabab to send fighters to aid al-Qaida militants currently battling Yemeni government forces. A senior al-Shabab official, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansour, also called on Muslims in other countries to join the fight. His news conference featured hundreds of newly-trained al-Shabab fighters chanting "Allahu... voa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419624/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:59:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419547/posts A Somali man has been charged with trying to kill a Danish artist whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed sparked riots around the world. The suspect, who was shot by police outside cartoonist Kurt Westergaard's home in the city of Aarhus on Friday, was carried into court on a stretcher. Police say he broke into the house armed with an axe and a knife. The suspect, who denies the charge, was remanded in custody. Police say he has links with Somali Islamist militants. The radical al-Shabab group in Somalia hailed the attack. Al-Shabab spokesman Sheikh Ali Muhamud Rage told AFP... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419547/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:52:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419283/posts COPENHAGEN – Denmark's intelligence service says police have foiled an attempt to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard — the artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, causing outrage in the Muslim world. Jakob Scharf, who heads the PET intelligence service, says a 28-year-old Somalia man was armed with an axe and a knive when he entered Westergaard's home in Aarhus. The Somali man was shot by police in the knee and the shoulder during the Friday attack. Preben Nielsen of the police in Aarhus, where the attack took place, said the suspect was seriously injured but his life was not... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419283/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418239/posts In an incident eerily similar to the Christmas Day crotch- bomb plot, airport guards in Somalia nabbed a suspected terrorist last month trying to smuggle a syringe, acid and more than 2 pounds of explosive powder aboard a Dubai-bound flight, authorities revealed yesterday. The Somali terrorist was carrying more than 13 times the amount of explosives that al Qaeda-linked operative Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was packing in his undies in his failed attempt to blow up a jet over Detroit. "We don't know whether [the November suspect is] linked with al Qaeda or other foreign organizations, but his actions were the... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418239/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:21:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417596/posts A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosion in a case bearing chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The Somali man -- whose name has not yet been released -- was arrested by African Union peacekeeping troops before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight took off. It had been scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of Hargeisa, then to Djibouti and Dubai. A Somali police spokesman,... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417596/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:23:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417569/posts MOGADISHU, Somalia — Officials say a Somali national tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month with powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that together could have caused an explosion. The hallmarks bear chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner. Police spokesman Abdulahi Hassan Barise says the suspect was arrested before the Nov. 13 Daallo Airlines flight departed. It was scheduled to travel from Mogadishu to the northern Somali city of Hargeisa, then to Djibouti and Dubai. FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417569/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417239/posts Somali pirates have captured two ships with 45 crew off the East African coast, officials say. A UK-flagged chemical tanker, the St James Park, was reportedly captured in the Gulf of Aden on Monday while on its way to Thailand from Spain. Its 26 crew hail from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Georgia, India, Turkey and the Philippines. The Navios Apollon, a Panamanian-flagged Greek cargo ship with 19 crew, was hijacked north of the Seychelles. The 50,000-tonne carrier - which had been sailing from the US state of Florida to India - was boarded on Monday by 10 men in... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417239/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:59:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416575/posts Somali pirates holding a Chinese cargo ship and its crew of 25 said Sunday they would release the vessel after collecting a ransom of 3.5 million dollars (2.2 million euros) later in the day. The bulk carrier Dexinhai, owned by Qingdao Ocean Shipping, was seized on October 18 northeast of the Seychelles as it was sailing to India from South Africa with a cargo of coal. It was subsequently taken to the Somali coast, between the pirate lairs of Harardere and Hobyo, where it laid at anchor with other captured vessels and negotiations on its fate began. "We have been... Terra Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416575/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:15:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412686/posts Note: The following text is a quote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASES Sunday, December 20, 2009 United States Transfers 12 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland Region Twelve detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of each of these cases. As a result of that review, which examined a number of factors, including potential threat, mitigation measures and the likelihood of success in habeas litigation, the detainees were... US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412686/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:25:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167923/posts GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims' relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot. AP via WTOP.com News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167923/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411546/posts Occasionally, I like to write editorials and opinion pieces to keep my writing skills up and take my frustrations with government policy at the same time.I doubt this will ever run in a newspaper, but I've decided to share it anyhow. Piracy: The Threats and Possible Solutions Part I: The Threat We all remember the times when we were kids. We remember raising the jolly roger, wearing an eye patch, and having a parrot on our shoulder. Normally we would have our parents play the role of victim as we plundered fake gold coins as we, and our friends, would... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411546/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:30:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411091/posts LEWISTON — In the early evening on the first day of summer, a large group of Somali boys approached a woman on the corner of Ash and Pierce streets. According to police reports, they intimidated the woman and slapped her in the back of the head before scattering into the downtown. Five days later, shortly after midnight, a man was accosted by a group of Somali boys outside the Big Apple on Main Street. Police reports say several members of the group punched the man and took money from him. They then fled in a car. Later that night, a... SunJournel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411091/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408908/posts The Islamic Circle of North America has been named in "a list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends" by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is bent on waging "a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions." They say they want to encourage dialogue via these billboards. Great. I'll start. The billboard says that Islam is "the way of life of Adam, Noah, Abraham,... Soda Head http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408908/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:56:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407153/posts A group of Islamic militants forced villagers to watch as they stoned a man to death for adultery, it has emerged. The group, Hizbul Islam, also shot dead a man they claimed was a murderer. But the verdict was so shocking that it prompted a gun battle between rivals within the group that left three militants dead, witnesses said. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407153/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406859/posts One Muslim male was put in a pit, dirt up to his chin, then stoned in the head till dead. Stone sizes are stipulated by the Koran—not too big as to bring quick end. Allah be praised. faithfreedom.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406859/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404894/posts "We are told by U.S. officials that a high ranking member of Al Qaeda, not Osama Bin Laden, has been killed today by a U.S. Predator Drone attack." MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404894/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:01:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404812/posts Crude cartoons intended to offend Muslims in St. Cloud were found posted on utility poles this week. The cartoons, reminiscent of those published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, "are clearly offensive to the Muslim community here, inappropriate and not wanted in our community," said police Sgt. Marty Sayre. Five pages of cartoons, posted on a pair of utility poles, depict the prophet Mohammed in derogatory ways, the Qur'an and a swastika. "We've had swastikas before, but I believe this is the first time we've seen" images specifically targeting Muslims, Sayre said. One of the posts was stapled to a... StarTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404812/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405087/posts Law: American heroes are arraigned for allegedly punching a terrorist in wartime. What happens to Tiger Woods isn't vital to our country's future. What happens to Matthew McCabe, Julio Huertas and Jonathan Keefe is. People are more likely to recognize the names of Tiger's alleged bimbo eruptions than the names of these three Navy SEALs we sent into battle. They are not household names in a nation consumed with Climate Gate, the public option and the antics of billionaire athletes. An administration consumed with apologies has said the architect of 9/11's massacre, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, must be given all the... Investors Business daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405087/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:15:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402507/posts A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more than $20,000. The price of a nice pair of men's shoes has gone up from $20 to $50. The reason: pirates. The influx of millions of dollars in ransoms has changed life in this coastal Muslim community, driving prices up and creating a schism between the pirate haves and have-nots. As piracy ramps up again with the end of the monsoon season, the lifestyle of the pirates _ big houses, fast cars and easy drugs _ is decried by both religious leaders and ordinary villagers.... Billings Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402507/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402006/posts The government is gathering evidence to make it clear that al Shabaab was responsible for the recent suicide bombing of a university graduation ceremony in Mogadishu. Many of the graduates were medical specialists, which Somalia is desperately short of. In cases like this, where a bombing attack creates great public anger against the attacker, the terrorists responsible either remain silent, or, if suspected, deny responsibility. This attack had al Shabaab written all over it, and there's no mystery why it was carried out. The attacker was a man disguised as a woman (wearing a burqa). Four government ministers were killed... Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402006/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401902/posts 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. 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 announced 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... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401902/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:34:32 GMT