Somali Americans

The NYPD's Buffalo Connection

Len Levitt | Posted 04.28.2012

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The New York City Police Department sent at least four officers to Buffalo, N.Y. to spy on that city's Somali community, according to an internal Intelligence Division "briefing report."

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Somali Americans Being Recruited By Extremists At Home

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senior U.S. counterterrorism officials are stepping up warnings that Islamist extremists in Somalia are radicalizing Americans to their cause, citing ...

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Somali Americans Possibly Recruited To Fight Jihad

CNN | Chris Welch and Kelli Arena CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Last month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished...

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