A US pipeline for jihad in Somalia? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Nearly two decades after their parents fled war and famine for the safety and abundance of Minnesota, Ohio, and the wet suburbs of Seattle, a steady stream of young Somali-American men are headed back into the fight.
Somalia: Plane Attack Attempted in Nov. (CBS News)
Officials Say Somali National Tried to Board Airplane With Powdered Chemicals
Court freed Somali suspect with chemicals, syringe (The Champaign News-Gazette)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Somalia’s police commissioner says a court acquitted and released a Somali man who tried to board a plane in Mogadishu in November with chemicals and a syringe. Gen. Ali Hassan Loyan says a Somali court acquitted the man on Dec. 12, about two weeks before a Nigerian tried to bring down a Detroit-bound flight using similar materials.
Yemen Begins Crackdown On Al Qaeda Terrorists (CBS 13 Sacramento)
Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaeda hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner. The fighting took place in an al-Qaeda stronghold in western Yemen that served as a safehaven for most of the attackers of the U.S. Embassy in 2008, killing 10 Yemeni guards and four civilians. A …
SOMALIA: School enrolment up in Somaliland (IRIN)
HARGEISA, 31 December 2009 (IRIN) – School enrolment has risen sharply in Somalia’s self-declared independent region of Somaliland since 1991, raising the literacy rate from 20 percent to 45 percent, education officials have said.
A US pipeline for jihad in Somalia? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Somali-American men are returning to their homeland to fight alongside Al Shabab, an insurgent group with ties to Al Qaeda. Some experts think an organized recruiting effort is responsible for luring them back to Somalia.
Civilian deaths in Somalia fell in 2009 (Independent Online)
A fall in street battles in the capital Mogadishu led to significantly fewer civilians being killed in Somalia this year, according to a human rights group.
Arrest in Somalia familiar – Thu, 31 Dec 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
MOGADISHU, Somalia U.S. officials are investigating a Somali man s alleged attempt to board a flight bound for Djibouti and Dubai last month carrying chemicals, liquid and a syringe in a case bearing chilling echoes of the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. Terrorism analysts said the arrest in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, could prove highly valuable for the Detroit …
Detroit terror attack: fears over wave of al-Qaeda syringe bomb attacks (Daily Telegraph)
Fears that al-Qaeda is planning a wave of suicide attacks with syringe bombs have been heightened after it emerged that a Somali man tried to board an aircraft last month carrying the same type of device as that used by the Detroit bomber.
Court freed Somali suspect with chemicals, syringe (Boston Herald)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s police commissioner says a court acquitted and released a Somali man who tried to board a plane in Mogadishu in November with chemicals…
Somali arrested at airport with chemicals, syringe (The Mercury)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) U.S. officials are investigating a Somali man’s alleged attempt to board a flight bound for Djibouti and Dubai last month carrying chemicals, liquid and a syringe in a case bearing chilling echoes of the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
Nigeria, Netherlands announce security plans; Somalia reports foiled bombing attempt (Washington Post)
Nigeria and the Netherlands announced plans Wednesday to equip their international airports with full-body scanners to prevent terrorists from sneaking hidden explosives aboard airliners, as Somalia reported that it foiled a bombing attempt last month similar to one allegedly directed against a…
