FBI ramps up investigation of Jihadist recruitment among Somali refugee youths—this time for Syria.
Here we go again! Give them the good life—food, shelter, medical care, education—and they use it to grow warriors for Allah.
From Minnesota Daily:
Agents from the Minneapolis office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are collecting information from Cedar-Riverside residents as part of an ongoing investigation spurred by recent allegations of American citizens joining Syrian rebels overseas.
Rumors that neighborhood residents are illegally fighting in conflict overseas prompted agents from the FBI to ramp up their already-existing presence in the neighborhood earlier this month, said Minneapolis FBI spokesman Kyle Loven.
He said agents are actively interviewing residents and informing them about the allegations, while also trying to figure out if anyone in the community is involved.
“We’re looking for information that would indicate that someone intends to travel to a country where there’s armed conflict,” Loven said.
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Citizens are allegedly joining rebel forces in going against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government.
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Mohamed Farah, executive director of Ka Joog, a Minnesota Somali youth group, said al-Shabaab’s recruitment efforts are present in the Somali community “24/7.”
See our huge archive going back to 2008 on the ‘Somali missing youths’ by clicking here.
Why so many Somalis in Minnesota? Go here for one of our most-read posts of all time (it is almost daily among our Top Posts in right hand sidebar). Thank the US State Department and its contractors for recognizing and tapping into Minnesota’s generous welfare programs.