MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 11 (UPI) -- A U.S.-born member of the al-Qaida affiliate in Somalia calls in English for the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, an intelligence review shows.
Omar Hammami, who uses the alias Abu Mansour al-Amriki, released an English-language video tape intended for Western audiences, the intelligence Web site Long War Journal reports.
The tape shows Hammami alongside other supporters singing a capella calling for an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East.
"From Somalia and Shiishaan (Chechnya), from Iraq and Afghanistan, gonna meet up in the Holy Lands, establishing Allah's law on the land," he chants.
Hammami, born in Alabama in 1984, traveled to Somali in 2006 to become a military commander of Shabaab, the Somali affiliate of al-Qaida.
The Long War Journal in its review of the tape stresses that the lack of Arabic of Somali subtitles suggests the propaganda is intended for Western audiences.
Washington in April targeted U.S.-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki for assassination. His Western-accented sermons are thought to have influenced several attempted terrorist attacks in the United States, included the Times Square plot last week.
American-born suicide bombers launched attacks in Somali in October 2008 and September 2009.
Shabaab united with al-Qaida in September 2008.
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