2010-07-13 UK: Somaleja rekrytoidaan sotimaan

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Britannian turvallisuusviranomaiset ovat heränneet uuteen uhkaan, brittinuoria rekrytoidaan Somaliaan sotimaan.

Pohjois-Lontoon muslimijohtajan Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed mielestä on täysin käsittämätöntä, että Al-Shabaab kannattajat ja rekrytoijat saavat toimia täysin vapaasti.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jihad-the-somalia-connection-1786608.html

Jihad: The Somalia connection

Numbers of young Britons heading for war-torn African country have soared
By Brian Brady
Sunday, 13 September 2009

British intelligence chiefs have targeted war-torn Somalia as the next major challenge to their efforts to repel Islamic terrorism, after scores of youths left the UK for "jihad training" in the failed African state. MI5 bosses have warned ministers that the number of young Britons travelling to Somalia to fight in a "holy war", or train in terror training camps, has soared in recent years as the country has emerged as an alternative base for radical Islamic groups including al-Qa'ida.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6999929.ece

UK students recruited for Somali jihad

Young British Muslims are joining a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda that is blamed for hundreds of deaths in the African country

STUDENTS from some of Britain's top universities are travelling to Somalia to fight with a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda.

Almost a dozen young British Muslims, including a female medical researcher, are said recently to have joined Al-Shabaab, an extremist rebel organisation blamed for hundreds of deaths in the east African state.

Somali community leaders in the UK say students from the London School of Economics (LSE), Imperial College and King's College London are among those who have been recruited within the past year. The youngest recruit is believed to be 18.
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