FBI: Minnesota Muslims leave US to wage jihad in Syria This is happening in Western countries all over the world: Muslims flocking to Syria to wage holy war. Color, nationality, race is of no import. The one powerful common thread: jihad. Is the FBI monitoring the mosque that these scores of Muslims are praying in? The FBI says more Somali travelers have left Minnesota, possibly to fight against the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria. Investigators believe those who left Minnesota were motivated by radical ideology, not nationalism. The FBI has not specified how many people are believed to involved, but a leader in the Minnesota Somali community told Fox 9 News a dozen men have left. The FBI confirmed they have “indications” that some recently traveled overseas. Now, they are reaching out to the large Somali population in Minnesota to learn more. One young man — a 20-year-old Somali college student — left the Twin Cities as recently as last Thursday. He sent a text message to his family from Istanbul, Turkey, to say he was heading to Syria to fight in the holy war. If you know anyone who is planning to and/or has traveled to a foreign country for armed combat or who is being recruited for such activities, please contact fbi.gov/fttips or call (763) 569-8020. All information will be kept completely confidential. The request for tips comes about a week after an American from Florida died in a suicide bombing attack on Syrian government troops in the city of Iblib. Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, 22, is believed to be the first U.S. citizen involved in a suicide bombing in the civil war’s three-year history. His family thought he was in Jordan when he died. Since 2007, at least 22 young men have left Minnesota to join al-Shabaab in Somalia. Some have died there, and some were even praised as “Minnesota Martyrs” in an elaborate video released last year. - See more at: pamelageller/2014/06/fbi-minnesota-muslims-leave-us-wage-jihad-syria.html/#sthash.YbkD0CnK.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:57:57 +0000
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