Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Among Somalis worldwide, jihadists find fertile recruiting ground.Australia: Home-grown terror plot..Terror sting unfolds

Late last year, 17-year-old Aliow Ali Hassan vanished from his adopted home in Kenya, leaving behind a teenage wife, three children and a family that feared the worst.
Finally, three months ago, his elder brother Bashir received a phone call from Somalia. It was Aliow calling to explain, in a voice so clear it was unsettling, that he'd joined al-Shabaab, a radical Islamist militia that's allegedly linked to al-Qaida.
"He said, 'I'm fighting for jihad,' " or holy war, said Bashir, 29, seated on the floor of his dingy apartment in a rough immigrant enclave in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. "He said, 'I'm not coming back, so you should forget about me.' "
Aliow's indoctrination into jihad, which his brother said occurred over many months in mosques and religious schools that Somalis frequented in Nairobi, was one more small triumph for the wide-ranging ambitions of the Islamic extremists in al-Shabaab.
More than two years into their vicious and increasingly sophisticated insurgency, the organization is finding recruits from all over the world: in neighboring Kenya, among the large Somali Diaspora in the United States and in poor Somali communities in countries as far-flung as Sweden and Australia.
The arrival in Somalia in recent months of what United Nations officials estimate to be several hundred foreign fighters is a sign that the insurgency has radicalized a small but battle-hungry segment of the more than 1 million Somalis who live abroad, experts say. It also suggests serious miscalculations by Bush administration officials, who backed an Ethiopian military campaign and then periodically launched missiles at suspected terrorist targets in Somalia, policies that Somalis and many analysts think fueled the insurgency...more..http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1364262.html


Australia: Home-grown terror plot

CANBERRA - The global reach of violent Islamic extremism and the power of jihadist ideology have been hammered home to Australia by the arrests yesterday of men allegedly plotting suicide attacks against military bases in Sydney and Victoria.The group allegedly intended to rush the bases with automatic weapons and kill indiscriminately until they were themselves killed.Federal Police Acting Commissioner Tony Negus said yesterday's early-morning raids across Melbourne's northern suburbs "disrupted an alleged terrorist act that could have claimed many lives".One man, 25-year-old Nayes El Sayed, has been charged with committing an act in preparation for a terrorist act, police have been given more time to question another man, and three others have so far been detained.The men are believed to be linked to the Somali-based al-Shabaab terror group that is waging a bloody war against the African nation's interim Government, and which has links to the international al Qaeda network.Although primarily engaged in its national campaign, al-Shabaab regards itself as active in the global war against "enemies of Islam" and recruits and trains foreign fighters from countries including Australia, Britain and the United States...more..http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10588711


Terror sting unfolds


IT was just after 1pm on Thursday, July 30, that Cameron Stewart decided he had enough to take his story to the Australian Federal Police


Stewart, an associate editor with The Australian, had been working for some time on a piece about a suspected cell of Somali and Lebanese extremists operating out of Melbourne. He had a lot of detail.
Stewart knew the AFP was preparing to raid addresses across Melbourne. He knew more than 100 police were flying into the state to help execute the warrant. And he knew Somali terror group al-Shabaab was at the centre of the operation and that Australian-based Somalis had travelled to Somalia for training.
Stewart even knew the codename of the job: Operation Neath.
About 2pm, the AFP's head of media, Superintendent Dave Sharpe, phoned Stewart in his Melbourne office to discuss the story. When Stewart told him what he had, Sharpe knew instantly a serious breach of operational security had occurred. In the frantic hours that followed, one of the first things the veteran officer would do would be to alert the AFP's professional standards unit about what was obviously a significant leak. Attorney-General Robert McClelland's office was also briefed on the unfolding drama. But first the AFP had to ensure the security of the job. During their conversation, Stewart told Sharpe he was prepared to hold the story if the AFP believed it would jeopardise the operation. But, he said, it wasn't his call; the paper's editor would make the decision. At about 5pm AFP acting commissioner Tony Negus phoned The Australian's editor Paul Whittaker in Sydney, asking him to hold the yarn. Negus's argument was simple: if The Australian published the story the next day it could "place lives in jeopardy". Whittaker told Negus he'd have to check with The Australian's editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell, and Stewart, before agreeing to pull the story. ..more..http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25898258-7582,00.html

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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir

Ex-Somali Police Commissioner  General Mohamed Abshir

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979

Sultan Kenadid

Sultan Kenadid
Sultanate of Obbia

President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,

Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan

Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan

Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire

Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )

MoS Moments of Silence

MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre  and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
Beautiful handshake

May Allah bless him and give Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan

May Allah bless him and give  Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan
Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government

The Honourable Ronald Reagan,

When our world changed forever

His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)

His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)
Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1963 to 1966, to Italy and the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] in Rome from 1969 to 1973, and to the French Govern­ment in Paris from 1974 to 1979.

Dr. Adden Shire Jamac 'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.

Dr. Adden Shire Jamac  'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.
Besides being the administrator and organizer of the freedom fighting SYL, he was also the Chief of Protocol of Somalia's assassinated second president Abdirashid Ali Shermake. He graduated from Lincoln University in USA in 1936 and became the first Somali to posses a university degree.

Soomaaliya الصومال‎ Somali Republic

Soomaaliya الصومال‎ Somali Republic
Somalia

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