Somalia – Foreign recruits head to Somali training camps, heightening threat to East Africa _ and the US (Sun-Sentinel)
Foreign recruits head to Somali training camps, heightening threat to East Africa _ and the US (Sun-Sentinel)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
Australian reunited with mom after ordeal (Independent Online)
An Australian photojournalist kidnapped and tortured in Somalia has held an emotional reunion with his mother in Kenya, a report said.
Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper since 1995 (KYIV Post)
his Nov. 4, 2008 file photo shows members of Somalia’s al-Shabab jihadist movement during exercises at their military training camp outside Mogadishu.
Gunmen release journalist (iafrica.com)
An photojournalist kidnapped in Somalia has held an emotional reunion with his mother.
Brennan sees family for the first time (BigPond News)
Freed journalist Nigel Brennan has been reunited with his mother after 15 months in captivity in Somalia.
Hostage’s phone call to mom confirmed freedom (CBC.ca)
It took some reassurance and phone calls before Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan realized they were free, 15 months after being kidnapped in Somalia.
Al Shabaab seizes border town (Independent Online)
Rebels suspected of links to al-Qaeda have seized a Somali town near the Kenyan border, sending civilians fleeing towards the neighbouring country.
Civilians flee as rebels seize Somali town (The Scotsman)
REBELS suspected of links to al-Qaeda seized a Somali town last night, sending civilians fleeing towards the nearby border with Kenya.
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