Somalia Islamists

Twin Blasts Kill Soldiers In Kenya

AP | Posted 02.10.2012

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GARISSA, Kenya — Twin blasts killed one police officer and wounded nine soldiers in northern Kenya on Sunday, local officials said, in the lates...

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Islamists Behead At Least 11 Civilians

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 10.26.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali Islamist rebels have beheaded at least 11 civilians in the capital in the past two weeks, a campaign of terror that ...

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German Man Gets 4 Years For Making Porn In Somaliland

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A court official says a Somali judge sentenced a 72-year-old German man to four years in jail for making pornographic films...

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Somali Islamists Ban Men And Women From Shaking Hands

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalis say Islamist insurgents have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together. Reside...

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Somalia: Islamists Yank Gold Teeth Of 'Sinners'

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful wome...

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