Islamist Movements Recruiting in the West for the Somali Jihad - The Jamestown Foundation

Islamist Movements Recruiting in the West for the Somali Jihad - The Jamestown Foundation: "Last month, U.S. media reported that up to 20 American citizens of Somali origin recently travelled from Minnesota to Somalia to join al-Shabaab, a hardline jihadist group that presently controls more than half of Somalia. One of the recruits is believed to have died while taking part in a suicide bomb attack (see Terrorism Monitor, December 8, 2008). Such reports should not be surprising. During the last three years, substantial numbers of Muslims have travelled to Somalia from a variety of western countries (including the United States and Canada) to fight against the country’s secular, internationally recognised government and its allies."