Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Somali terror group raps in English for recruits


WASHINGTON (AFP) – A propaganda video by Islamic extremists in Somalia features appeals to foreign recruits from an "American" fighter along with English rapping and songs, a US monitoring group said Tuesday.The 31-minute video made public by the SITE Intelligence Group, which shows a purported ambush of Somali and Ethiopian troops in July 2008, has an on-camera narrator who is identified as "Abu Mansour the American."Representing the militant Islamic group Shebab, Abu Mansour makes a pitch for new overseas recruits after praising one militant fighter killed in the apparent ambush."So, if you can encourage more of your children and more of your neighbors and anyone around to send people like him to this jihad (holy war), it would be a great asset for us," he says.The light-skinned and bearded Abu Mansour speaks in a soft US accent, possibly from the northern United States, and wears a camouflage hat and combat fatigues. He looks to be in his late 20s or 30s.Another fighter, darker skinned and with his face masked by a cloth, says in English: "So, inshallah (Allah willing), we are calling all the brothers overseas, all the shebab (youth), wherever they are, to come and live the life of a mujahed (holy warrior)."The video was released after the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned this month that "radicalized clusters" of Somali-American youths as young as 12 were being recruited by Islamic terror groups...more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090331/wl_africa_afp/usattackssomaliaunrest_20090331220133

American Member of Somalia’s Terrorist AL-SHABAAB propaganda video by al-shabaab ..Islamic extremists Terrorist in Somalia features appeals to foreign recruits from an "American" fighter along with English rapping and songshttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2374323576847093029&hl=en more..at
http://media.theage.com.au/national/breaking-news/american-jihadists-gloating-video-444412.html#

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