Abu Mansur Al Amriki, U.S. Jihadi In Somalia, Reportedly Claims Comrades Want To Kill Him (VIDEO)

NAIROBI, Kenya — American-born jihadi Omar Hammami says in a new video that he fears members of his own Somali militia group may kill him over differences of opinion.

Hammami, known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, or "the American," appears in a video saying he has disagreed with his comrades in the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militia on Islam's Sharia law and strategy. The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified.

Hammami is the most visible of foreign fighters in the ranks of the al-Shabab, Somalia's most dangerous militant group, that is trying to topple the country's weak U.N.-backed government.

Al-Shabab has been designated a terror group by the U.S. government. Al-Qaida says it has merged with al-Shabab.

Hammami grew up in the middle-class town of Daphne, Alabama, before joining the militants in 2007.

This video could not be independently verified.

Comments

[saphite]

01:58 PM on 03/21/2012

It's a Jihadi verision of "I'm Still Here".

[Chi Epsilon]

04:44 PM on 03/19/2012

If a jihadi is killed by another jihadi, do you get twice the virgins?

[StopMakingSense2]

04:35 PM on 03/19/2012

What can I do to help you? Should I tell them your really an Israeli double agent? Martyrdom is just around the corner!

[OEM01]

02:45 PM on 03/19/2012

what ? why would terrorists help us? o well its much cheaper for them to kill him than us.

[GraphicMatt]

12:36 PM on 03/19/2012

Awwww, poor jihadi. Let's have a pity party for him.

[hangr54]

11:43 AM on 03/19/2012

Lets get a pool going

[AIlegroTroppo]

11:13 AM on 03/19/2012

Can't wait.

[duxguts]

11:03 AM on 03/19/2012

Hansome critter isn't he. Can't understand why anyone would want to kill him.

[fapescia]

10:04 AM on 03/19/2012

He advocates a policy against what we, as Americans are fighting against in Somalia. We should kill Hammami without any remorse.

[mydoghasfleas]

09:49 AM on 03/19/2012

Well isn't that just too bad. It's called making your bed and lying in it.

[nienie]

02:46 AM on 03/19/2012

Just another looney extremist from Alabama

[Eagleman]

12:31 AM on 03/19/2012

Hope his comrades keep up the promise....!

[Dwight Robertson]

09:33 PM on 03/18/2012

Thats the problem with that profession, lousy retirement program

[Ilan Chico]

03:47 PM on 03/19/2012

boom!

[Dwight Robertson]

09:31 PM on 03/18/2012

When in Rome

[Al91206]

09:23 PM on 03/18/2012

And he's telling us because ....?

[Abu Hamzah]

11:22 PM on 03/24/2012

He dosent care about you people, he was talking to the Muslims.