Somali Insurgents

Somalia: Islamists Yank Gold Teeth Of 'Sinners'

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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The notorious Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is yanking gold and silver teeth from the mouths of people in southern Somalia for transgressing from I...

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Somalia, Al Qaeda Haven, To Be Obama's New Afghanistan: CSM

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. T...

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Clinton In Kenya Vows US Support For Weak Somali Govt

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim govern...

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Somali Terrorists Linked To Al Qaeda Recruiting For Jihad

McClatchy | Shashank Bengali | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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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 ...

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Kenya-Somalia Border To Be Secured

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near the frontier....

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Somalia: Islamist Groups Divvy Up French Hostages

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Two French security advisers seized in Somalia this week have been split up and are now being held by two different hardline groups, reports say....

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Somali Islamist Insurgents Behead 7 People

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali Islamist fighters on Friday beheaded seven prisoners accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and spying for the governmen...

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Somalia Refugees Flee Mogadishu By The Thousands

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital Mogadishu amid escalating fighting between government forces and opposition fighters....

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Somalia State Of Emergency Declared By President

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for all...

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Ethiopian Troops Back In Somalia

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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With or without an international mandate, Ethiopian forces have entered Somali territory to back up a fast-failing Somali government....

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Somali MP Gunned Down, Third Attack In As Many Days

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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A Somali politician has been killed by gunmen in the capital, Mogadishu, the government has confirmed....

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Somali Refugees Number 100,000 In Past Month: UN

allAfrica | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Since fighting broke out last month between Government forces and armed opposition groups, almost 100,000 people have been driven from their homes in ...

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Somalia Fighting Escalates In Capital Mogadishu

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hundreds of government soldiers attacked Islamic insurgents across the Somali capital amid heavy artillery shelling Friday,...

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Somali Militants Capture Strategic Town, Setback To Unstable Government

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Hardline Islamist militants have captured a strategically important town north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, eyewitnesses say....

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Somalia Violence Explodes; Thousands Flee Capital

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — After months of hopeful glimmers in one of the most explosive countries in the world, violence again is roiling Somalia as mort...

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Somali Insurgents Vow To Topple Government

AP | MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pro-government militias and Islamic insurgents battled in Somalia's capital Wednesday for a fourth day, as an insurgent lea...

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Somali Rebel Violence The Work Of Foreign States: Somali President

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Somalia's president accused Islamist insurgents on Monday of working for foreign governments trying to destabilise his Horn of Africa nation after fou...

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Somali Pirates Face Growing Domestic Islamist Pushback

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Abshir Boyah, a towering, notorious Somali pirate boss who admits to hijacking more than 25 ships and to being a member of a secretive pirate council ...

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Somali American Youth Who Joined Jihadists: FBI Deserves Blame (WardheerNews Editorial)

WardheerNews | Faisal A. Roble | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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The LA Times (January 18, 2009 - "Young men vanish into Somalia") and Newsweek (January 24, 2009- Recruited for Jihad)ran articles on the vanishing yo...

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Somali, Abdirahman Ahmed, Executed For 'Apostasy'

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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An Islamist militia has executed a Somali politician who they accused of betraying his religion by working with non-Muslim Ethiopian forces. An Isl...

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Somalia's Presidential Palace Attacked By Insurgents

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents attacked Somalia's presidential palace and five civilians were killed Wednesday, underscoring fears the ...

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Ethiopian Troops Start Pulling Out Of Somalia

IRIN Africa | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Ethiopian troops for the first time quit some of their bases in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on 13 January, locals told IRIN. Muse Nur Amin, the ...

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Somali Insurgents Take Over Police Stations As Ethiopian Troops Pull Out

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents appeared to be scrambling for power Saturday, taking over several police stations in the capital as Ethi...

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Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic l...

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Somali Americans Possibly Recruited To Fight Jihad

CNN | Chris Welch and Kelli Arena CNN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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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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