Shabaab threatens Britain over extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri

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Long War Journal:

Bill Roggio and Lisa Lundquist

October 23, 2012

 

Yesterday the Somali terror group Shabaab threatened to attack Britain for extraditing radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al Masri, who arrived in the US on Oct. 5 after being held for nine years in a British prison. The al Qaeda affiliate also pledged "to go to every possible length" to free the Blind Sheikh, another convicted terrorist, who is serving a life sentence in the US for murdering US citizens.

 

Shabaab threatened Britain and pledged to work to free the Blind Sheikh in a series of 11 tweets on its Twitter account, HSM Press Office (@HSMPress, or Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen Press Office).

 

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A long investigation into a Minneapolis cell that funneled fighters to Shabaab in Somalia has finally resulted in a conviction. On Oct. 18, Mahamud Said Omar of Minneapolis, Minn., was convicted of recruiting Shabaab fighters from the Somali community in Minneapolis, the nation's largest; funding their travel to Somalia and buying weapons for them; and traveling there himself to a Shabaab safe house.

 

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