Somali Terrorists Linked To Al Qaeda Recruiting For Jihad

McClatchy:

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Late last year, 17-year-old Aliow Ali Hassan vanished from his adopted home in Kenya, leaving behind a teenage wife, three children and a family that feared the worst.

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[Indedave]

09:35 AM on 08/05/2009

Any society that condones, or even tolerates, 17-year-olds with teen-aged wives, three children and another on the way, has devolved beyond any common understanding of the concept of culture. What a fertile fishing hole for those who exploit such horrible misfortune -- the lure of moral superiority and righteousness is all that is needed to bait the hook.

[GrainOSand]

09:15 AM on 08/05/2009

To The Terrorist

To the terrorist go the spoils?
Who said that?
Who said this is the proper way to roil!

To the terrorist comes what satisfaction from terrorist acts?
How is it noble to maim and kill innocents in horrific attacks?

To the terrorist who plot and scheme, what is it that you dream?
Where does hate go when it subsides?
Is there no other way to resist those you decry?

To the terrorist -- Why?

To the terrorist, what is your cause?
What would cause you to pause on violence?
Could you join a coalition of love or a peaceful alliance?

To the terrorist, are you not tired of spilled blood?
Rivers spilled by now, enough to cause a flood.

I know your desires needs and objections are complex expressions.
A body is a complex expression as well.
Mangled bodies, shaking and breaking, emitting gasping gurgling sounds, and burnt flesh smells.
Is this the best you have to offer?
Is this the good news you seek to spread...the story you came to tell?

To the terrorist I write.
May all terrorist emerge from darkness, step into the light.
Lay your burden down.
Take flight.
To the terrorist, killing is not the best in us, it is a reflection of that which is less than enough to be ample for honorable existence.
To the terrorist a wish of a heavy gust of love promoting calming disarming peace with undeniable persistence.

To the terrorist -- Stop!

[jsgaetano]

12:05 AM on 08/05/2009

Isn't Somolia one of the few "smaller government" paradises the far right always talks about?

There may be a link between them and conservatives. We all know conservatives funded Al Qaeda in the past- for all we know, they never stopped.

[omobob]

09:03 PM on 08/04/2009

Somali drug lords and their armies need cash and guns. They have been buying weapons from ANYONE who will sell them. Mogadishu is awash in RPGs. 2 RPGs in every garage. Al Qaeda continues to be the boogyman for US Military commanders and US journalists. A "global conspiracy" sells the news. Whack out drug gangsters in Somalia have their own agenda. More guns and more money while Al Qaeda takes credit for recruiting the already recruited.

[davidwayneosedach]

08:28 PM on 08/04/2009

When will Obama address the Somali problem?

[jalex26000]

09:21 PM on 08/04/2009

he wont. it supposed to be the way it is.

[jalex26000]

07:42 PM on 08/04/2009

Does anyone else notice that wherever "we" the US goes becomes a "fertile" recruiting ground for terrorists? maybe it is the US governments support of oppression and murder by evil dictators that is causing terror and not our "freedoms".

[admarx]

07:57 PM on 08/04/2009

I hate to break it to you, but Somalia was messed up before the US went in.

[jalex26000]

09:20 PM on 08/04/2009

Facts remain, American empire causes terrorism wherever it goes. we support the warlords in these countries with black market weapons, we support the dictators that cause the "terrorism" against civilians. Who made Somalia the way it is? answer that.

[jsgaetano]

12:07 AM on 08/05/2009

It's because conservatives are all about creating enemies for America so we remain in a perpetual state of war. It's the goal of the "Military Industrial Complex" Eisenhower warned about in his speech before leaving office.

Here's a funny exercise- how many people has America gone to war against who had ties to the Bush family?

[oldGunny]

07:05 PM on 08/04/2009

The neighborhood remains "a favorite place for recruiting," Abdi said. "These are young guys who are not getting resettled (to Western countries). They're jobless; they have no hope in life. There's a lot of desperate poverty and extreme rootlessness."

Coming to a city near you?