Senate panel to hold hearings on missing Somali youths

Update March 15th:  Read our first hand account of the hearing here.   Bloomberg is reporting today that a Senate committee headed by Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman will be hearing testimony on jihadist recruitment activities in the US that involve the missing Somali youths. The disappearances also are raising concern among lawmakers. Joseph Lieberman, a … Continue reading Senate panel to hold hearings on missing Somali youths

Nashville refugee outfit changes its name, I wonder why?

This is one of those puff-piece news stories about refugees I’m always mentioning, and so it’s not surprising that it comes from the Tennessean.    I have never seen that paper write anything about refugees other than those glowing accounts about the joys of multiculturalism in the “Music City.”    Hat tip:  a friend from Tennessee. I’ll let you read … Continue reading Nashville refugee outfit changes its name, I wonder why?

Somalis not transitioning well in Shelbyville, TN either

I just now wrote a post about an NPR interview that suggests, among other things, that the Minnesota missing Somali youths lured to Somalia by jihadists hadn’t “transitioned well” to America.   Now comes news that Shelbyville, TN has some youths (men!) having problems too. Khat was confiscated from a vehicle Thursday after police responded to complaints of … Continue reading Somalis not transitioning well in Shelbyville, TN either

Somali man thought to be involved with inauguration threat arrested

The plot thickens!    Remember we told you about the fear Homeland Security had that the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab (sometimes Shabaab) was planning to disrupt The One’s inauguration.   And remember we told you that missing Somali ‘youths’  (former refugees!) are thought to have left the US to attend terrorist training camps in the Horn of Africa.   … Continue reading Somali man thought to be involved with inauguration threat arrested