In this Feb. 25, 2009, file photo worshippers attend evening prayers during an open house at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in Minneapolis, Minn. The mosque, Minnesota's largest, was suspected by the families of some missing Somali men of having a role in their loved ones' disappearance _ something mosque officials have repeatedly denied. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)From The Washington Post:
Senior U.S. counterterrorism officials are stepping up warnings that Islamist extremists in Somalia are radicalizing Americans to their cause, citing their recruitment of the first U.S. citizen suicide bomber and their potential role in the disappearance of more than a dozen Somali American youths.
In recent public statements, the director of national intelligence and the leaders of the FBI and CIA have cited the case of Shirwa Ahmed, a 27-year-old college student from Minneapolis who blew himself up in Somalia on Oct. 29 in one of five simultaneous bombings attributed to al-Shabaab, a group with close links to al-Qaeda.
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More News On Somali Terrorist Recruitment In The U.S.
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Officials: Terror worries tied to Midwest Somalis -- AP
Grand Jury Convenes in FBI Terror Case Against Somali-Americans in Minneapolis, Sources Say -- FOX News
Somali extremists said recruiting in U.S. -- Times Of The Internet
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