Breaking News: FBI to announce more arrests in Somali missing youth case

Update November 24th:  Not close to the big fish yet, here.  And, who fingered Zakaria Maruf? here. Update a few hours later:  Entire press release is available, here. So, what is my reaction?  BIG DEAL!   What took you so long? Check out this story from Fox News this afternoon. Hat tip:  Watchful in Tennessee and Blulitespecial.   There … Continue reading Breaking News: FBI to announce more arrests in Somali missing youth case

Indictments unsealed in Somali missing youths case, but are they going after the big fish?

I saw this news yesterday (the Fox News story is here), but just couldn’t get too excited to write about it.  So, they indicted a couple of the young men who allegedly went to Somalia for terrorist training, but I want to see the FBI go after the mastermind.  This article today indicates there might … Continue reading Indictments unsealed in Somali missing youths case, but are they going after the big fish?

Somali missing youths should soon return home

Update April 22nd:  I can’t believe it, the Obama Administration is considering funding training for security forces for this supposed moderate Somali government in hopes of deterring piracy, here.  More taxpayer funds down a rat hole! As a starting point, the United States plans to help fund the country’s nascent security force.   Did you hear … Continue reading Somali missing youths should soon return home

Somali missing youths: recruitment methods explored

Minnesota Public Radio gives us a few additional bits of information as we continue to follow the story of the Somali missing youths (former refugees) believed to have joined the terrorist group al-Shabaab. Minneapolis, Minn. — The FBI is looking into whether a group of Twin Cities men were recruited to fight in Somalia. But still … Continue reading Somali missing youths: recruitment methods explored

Search for more Somali missing “children” extends to Atlanta

Every day, visit us because it seems that some new bit of information comes our way regarding the Somali missing ‘youths’ saga.   This is from a blog at the Christian Science Monitor.  Admittedly I don’t know anything about how the FBI does its investigations, but it strikes me that from this account it’s haphazard (and that is a kind … Continue reading Search for more Somali missing “children” extends to Atlanta