Terrorist Abdifatah Yusuf IsseMINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― A motion from Abdifatah Yusuf Isse's defense attorney says he and other young Somalis were recruited at a house of worship to fight in Somalia.
One of two Somali men indicted in Minneapolis for providing support to terrorists pleaded guilty months ago and has been cooperating with the FBI's investigation.That's according to court documents examined by the Star Tribune. The documents were public for a time Tuesday, then later sealed by a federal magistrate overseeing the case.A motion from Abdifatah Yusuf Isse's defense attorney says he and other young Somalis were recruited at a house of worship to fight in Somalia. Prosecutors say Isse admitted to investigators that he trained with terrorists in Somalia, and helped build a terrorist training camp.Isse's attorney didn't return a phone call from The Associated Press, and the U.S. Attorney's office declined to comment on the case or the sealing of the court file.Up to 20 Twin Cities men of Somali descent disappeared over the last two years.Information from: Star Tribune-------Government displays the body of foreign fighter Twenty-year-old Jamal Bana was killed east of Mogadishu in what his family calls a clash between Somali troops and Al-Shabaab insurgents. Bana was one of several Somali-Americans who disappeared from the Twin Cities last fall. It is the third Somali-American family from Minneapolis to have a family member die in Somalia recently.
One of two Somali men indicted in Minneapolis for providing support to terrorists pleaded guilty months ago and has been cooperating with the FBI's investigation.That's according to court documents examined by the Star Tribune. The documents were public for a time Tuesday, then later sealed by a federal magistrate overseeing the case.A motion from Abdifatah Yusuf Isse's defense attorney says he and other young Somalis were recruited at a house of worship to fight in Somalia. Prosecutors say Isse admitted to investigators that he trained with terrorists in Somalia, and helped build a terrorist training camp.Isse's attorney didn't return a phone call from The Associated Press, and the U.S. Attorney's office declined to comment on the case or the sealing of the court file.Up to 20 Twin Cities men of Somali descent disappeared over the last two years.Information from: Star Tribune-------Government displays the body of foreign fighter Twenty-year-old Jamal Bana was killed east of Mogadishu in what his family calls a clash between Somali troops and Al-Shabaab insurgents. Bana was one of several Somali-Americans who disappeared from the Twin Cities last fall. It is the third Somali-American family from Minneapolis to have a family member die in Somalia recently.
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