An American citizen of Somali descent, Cabdi Salaam al-Muhajir and his partner, Aden al-Ansari, carried out a suicide bombing in Somalia this weekend. A website that has close ties to the Al-Shabaab Islamist movement posted an audio interview in whichal-Muhajir spoke perfect American-accented English. He urged his "fellow brothers and sisters" to join the movement and commit "jihad" anywhere in America, Canada, Europe, any placewhere "kufar" (a derogatory term for non-Muslims) can be found. Al-Shabaab is a well-known name in Africa and is closely linked to the Al-Queda. The United States do consider the former to be a terrorist organization. A somali diplomat to the United Nations was able to get a hold of the individual who recorded the audio interview and identified the speaker as Abdisalam Ali, from Minneapolis. CNN's Mohamed Amiin Adow and Chris Welch explained that the disrepancy of namescould be due to the fact that "Cabdi Salaam al-Muhajir" is a "nom de guerre", meaning war names, essentially, a pseodonym.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/30/world/africa/somalia-us-bomber/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
By...:: Lauren Marie De Guzman
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