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Ellison, Pelosi speak on urgency and challenges of Somali famine relief

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By Jon Collins | 09.01.11 | 8:33 am

A member of Pres. Barack Obama’s administration announced another $23 million for food relief efforts in East Africa.

Al-Shabab, Minneapolis Somali youth highlighted in new terrorism report

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.10.10 | 9:21 am

The threat of terrorism in the U.S. today is “less severe” but “more complex and more diverse than at any time over the past nine years,” according to a new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security

FBI reveals more details of Minnesota al-Shabab arrests; Pawlenty, Walz weigh in

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.05.10 | 3:48 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed more details about today’s arrests of Minnesotans accused of aiding the Somlia-based terrorist organization al-Shabab. In a press release, the agency named two women charged with conspiracy to provide material…

Minnesota Somalis among 14 charged with aiding al-Shabab

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.05.10 | 11:48 am

Minnesotans of Somali descent are among 14 people charged with providing support for the terrorist organizaiton al-Shabab in Somalia. The AP reports two indictments unsealed this morning include names of five new people charged in an ongoing investigation,…

AM.MN: Media descends on Minneapolis’ ‘Little Mogadishu’

By Chris Steller | 11.25.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoUnsealed court documents have unleashed a wave of press about an American ring allied with a terror group in Somalia. Minneapolis “is the center of it,” the local FBI head tells the AP. Now we should

AP: Young Somali men were lured by charismatic recruiter

By Paul Demko | 08.25.09 | 11:31 am

Why would young Somali men living in Minnesota return to their war-ravaged homeland to wage jihad? That’s the thorny question that’s been debated by the Somali community and federal investigators since the mysterious disappearances of as many as 20 young…

Recruited for jihad?

By Paul Demko | 01.28.09 | 3:32 pm

Newsweek has a piece about the recent rash of Somali-American teenagers suddenly disappearing from their Minneapolis homes. The fear is that they are being recruited by radical Islamic groups to fight in their war-torn homeland. As many as 20…