update on Somali woman in terror money case to stay in jail and SD Men Accused Of Aiding Terrorists Remain Behind Bars
CITY HEIGHTS — Members of the local Somali community met with law enforcement representatives Wednesday to begin a dialogue intended to foster better understanding between the two groups.
The meeting was called in light of the recent arrests of four local people suspected of aiding a Somali militia group, which U.S. authorities have designated a terrorist organization.
San Diego U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy, Keith Slotter, FBI special agent-in-charge of the San Diego office, and other officials fielded questions for about two hours from roughly 50 members of the local Somali community, which is centered in City Heights.
The officials declined to speak specifically about the allegations against the three Somali men and one woman that have been filed in federal court since October. One of the men is an imam, or spiritual leader, at a City Heights mosque.
The defendants face charges of providing support to al-Shabaab, which U.S. authorities say has ties to al-Qaeda.
A fifth person, a former San Diegan who is not of Somali decent, was charged in August with providing support to al-Shabaab. Authorities believe he is in Somalia.
Several community members spoke positively about the meeting Wednesday, saying this was the start of a concerted effort to communicate, which they hoped would continue.
“I think that we, both law enforcement and the community, had different perceptions about each other,” said Abdi Mohamoud, executive director of Horn of Africa, a social service agency.
“This is a great way for us to move forward,” he said.
The meeting was held at the San Diego Police Department’s Multi-Cultural Community Relations office in City Heights.
Many questions from the community members focused on how and when authorities can file charges, and whether law-abiding people risk violating federal law if they send money to relatives and mosques overseas.
“It is certainly not illegal to send money back to the homeland,” Slotter said. “I respect and understand that.”
Slotter said the FBI typically looks at three issues in these types of investigations: whether a suspect is planning or attempting to carry out an act of terrorism, recruiting for a terrorist organization or knowingly providing financial support to a terrorist cause.
Duffy noted that some may be frustrated because her office has shared little information about the pending cases. She said she would support the idea of hosting training sessions workshops to explain some basics of U.S. criminal procedure.
“We haven’t gotten to the point in the process where evidence is publicly presented,” she said.
San Diego has the nation’s second largest concentration of Somalis, behind Minneapolis-St. Paul. Local community leaders estimate the population here of 15,000. San Diego Union-Tribune
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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
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President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
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Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )
MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen
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
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
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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.
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.
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