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The chances of getting killed in Somalia were quite high for the couple of dozen or so Americans who volunteered to fight there; in addition to the two men who conducted suicide operations, six other Somali-Americans between eighteen and thirty years old were killed in Somalia between 2007 and 2009, as was Ruben Shumpert, an African-American convert to Islam from Seattle.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Some two dozen Somali-Americans, motivated by a combination of nationalist pride and religious zeal, traveled to Somalia in 2007 and 2008 to fight the Ethiopian occupation.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Al-Shabaab which says it has links to al-Qaida - has also recruited Somali-Americans to fight here.
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In September 2009, the Somali Islamist insurgent group Al Shabab formally pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden following a two-year period in which it had recruited Somali-Americans and other U.S. Muslims to fight in the war in Somalia.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Add to this an increasing number of young Somali-Americans have been returning to the country of their ancestors to receive paramilitary\terrorist training.
Somalia Ruined: Intervention Fails Again « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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Al-Shabaab which says it has links to al-Qaida - has also recruited Somali-Americans to fight here.
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Al-Shabaab which says it has links to al-Qaida - has also recruited Somali-Americans to fight here.
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(Soundbite of laughter) LUDDEN: You know - so we, at NPR, have reported on, you know, Somali-Americans in Minnesota, in particular, being recruited, apparently - allegedly recruited by al-Shabab to go fight in Somalia.
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There's also concern about recruiting people from Minnesota, other, you know, Somali-Americans.
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Many have extended family in Somalia suffering from the drought, and these young Somali-Americans say they can – and should – help.
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