Somali-Canadian leader doubts ????youths targeted by al-Qaeda-linked group

A leader in Canada's Somalian community is dismissing ?????http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2008/07/canadian-resident-asparo-killed-in.html reports of young people being recruited by an al-Qaeda-linked militia to fight in Somalia, despite evidence it is occurring in the United States and elsewhere.Said Omar, a spokesman for Toronto's Khalid bin Walid mosque, which mainly serves the city's Somalian population, said he hasn't heard about any such recruitment efforts."We are a peace-loving congregation, law-abiding citizens, who just want to live peacefully with our Canadian neighbours and friends," Omar said.However, a senior federal government official with knowledge of Canada's security services has told CBC News that Somali-Canadian young men have indeed joined the al-Shabab militia.The issue came to light earlier this month when a Somali-American community leader from Minnesota testified before the U.S. Homeland Security Committee.Osman Ahmed told the committee his 18-year-old nephew, Burhan Hassan, vanished in November along with six other young men from Minneapolis.Hassan called home a few weeks later, saying he was on his way to a training camp for al-Shabab, an Islamic militant group linked to al-Qaeda that has vowed to fight against the government until Islamic law is in place.Washington recently added al-Shabab to the U.S. list of banned terrorist organizations.
Recruiters active in Canada?,,more..http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/03/25/somalia-shabab-recruit-youths.html
Federal Official Says Canadian Youths Recruited By As-Shabaab