Defiant Al-Shaabab reaches out to Somalis in Diaspora

The extremist group whose leader was killed by American Special Forces is now defiantly asking more foreign fighters to join it. The killing of Saleh Nabhan and the subsequent appeal by Al Shabaab for more foreign fighters comes amidst reports that the group is increasing its population of foreigners. From neighbouring Kenya to distant Australia, Somalis in Diaspora are implicated in the running conflict in Mogadishu.Mohamud Hassan, 23, a Somali from the State of Minnesota in the United States, died on Thursday, September 3, in Mogadishu. He had been fighting alongside fellow jihadists (holy warriors) in the war against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the presence of peace-keepers sent by the African Union (Amisom) to help the government in Somalia.Killed in MogadishuAccording to a report in the Star Tribune in Minnesota by Richard Meryhew, Hassan was been killed in Mogadishu. Another Somali who is also from Minnesota reportedly called Hassan’s family in to inform them of the death. Hassan attended an engineering school at the University of Minnesota and left North America in November 2008.,,more..http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/660576/-/136eb3uz/-/index.html