Grand Jury Convenes in FBI Terror Case Against Somali-Americans in Minneapolis

Over the past year al Shabaab has been gaining more attention from the FBI and media. Especially since last October, when Shirwa Ahmed from Minnesota blew himself up in Somalia. The FBI belives that approximately 20 Somali youths have left their families in Minnesota to fight with al Shabaab in Somalia. This is worrying because these youths could be used to launch a terrorist attack back in the US.

Senator Joseph Lieberman who is the chairman of the homeland security panel asked who influenced the young men to travel to Somalia and who financed their trips. If you ask me, I would say it's Sheik Abdirahman Ahmed, pictured, the imam of the largest Minnesota mosque the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center.

Shirwa Ahmed and several of the missing teens who went to Somalia to fight with al Shabaab all attended the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center. Another point is that the FBI placed Sheik Abdirahman Ahmed on the national no-fly list back in 2008. Even members of the Somali community have accused the imam and mosque of brainwashing these kids to go fight jihad in Somalia.

We might see some arrests or charges filed some time in the near future. Anyone with tips/information send them to reportonarrakis at gmail dot com.

Fox News

The FBI has interviewed at least 50 people in the Somali community and subpoenaed at least 10 people to testify before a grand jury in Minneapolis, according to Farhan Hurre, the director of the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in St. Paul, one of the largest mosques in the Twin Cities. He said most of those subpoenaed are students at the University of Minnesota. At least two of the men still missing were students at the University of Minnesota.

A woman who identified herself as a 20-year-old student at the University of Minnesota said she testified before the grand jury this morning, after receiving a subpoena on Friday. A copy of the subpoena obtained by Fox News says, "You are hereby commanded to appear and testify before the Grand Jury of the United States District Court." The subpoena told her to appear at 9 a.m. local time.[...]

Hurre said he was told a case has been opened against at least one unidentified person. He said authorities are now "trying to bring the pieces together of what's going on here" in Minneapolis. Specifically, he said investigators are trying to determine who organized the missing group of men, who financed them and how were they recruited.