"Nairobi neighborhood becomes incubator for Somali extremists" by Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post | September 5, 2010
Ah, the CIA's newspaper.
NAIROBI — Behind the gates of his Islamic school in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighborhood, Ahmed Awil cannot escape his country’s civil war.
Schools and mosques where extremist views are taught are reshaping this Somali immigrant community, which for years has lived peacefully in the capital of this predominantly Christian country. Moderate imams now compete with hard-line preachers pushing a strict interpretation of Islam.
And who would want to turn Christians and Muslims against each other for no reason?
Bookstores sell anti-Western literature. Residents speak fearfully of militant spies, and children like Ahmed are taught to praise al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked militia, for waging jihad in Somalia against the US-backed government.
Oh, another CIA-Duh-linked group!
“My teachers tell us al-Shabab is fighting for our religion and for our country,’’ said Ahmed, a skinny 11-year-old who fled Somalia after al-Shabab fighters slaughtered his neighbor and tried to recruit him. “Sometimes they ask us if we would like to go there and fight.’’
Eastleigh, a run-down enclave where tens of thousands of Somalis live, has become an incubator for Islamic extremism, Kenyan officials and community leaders say. It has also emerged as a micro-battlefield in the war on terrorism, attracting American funds....
I'm sorry, readers, but I've had it with the bulls***.
Somali immigrant communities across the Horn of Africa and Yemen have come under greater scrutiny since bombings in July targeted World Cup soccer fans in Uganda. Al-Shabab asserted responsibility for the attacks.
Related: "Al-CIA-Duh" Expanding Operations in East Africa
Can't terrorists do anything right?
Members of al-Shabab and other Somali militants freely travel to Nairobi to raise funds, recruit, and treat wounded fighters, according to UN and Kenyan security officials. Somali-American jihadists have met contacts in Eastleigh before heading to Somalia to fight with al-Shabab.
Eastleigh, community leaders say, is an ideal breeding ground for radicalism. The neighborhood is poor and isolated; few Kenyans enter it. Local authorities have ignored it.
Kenyan police have long harassed Somalis, demanding bribes under threat of arrest or deportation, generating resentment.
Radical Muslim preachers are filling the void, playing a key role in recruiting and fund-raising for al-Shabab, officials say.You get the agenda-pushing, war-promoting point, readers?
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So what do they graduate to?
"Suicide bombers attack Somalia airport" by Associated Press | September 10, 2010
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide car bomber exploded at the gate to Mogadishu’s airport yesterday, and suicide bombers in a second vehicle rushed toward the terminal before exploding themselves short of their goal, officials said. Up to 14 people were killed, including five attackers.
The coordinated assault by al-Shabab fighters was the latest in a surge of attacks by Islamist insurgents, who last month declared an intensified effort to oust the country’s weak government. The barrage took place about 40 minutes after Somalia’s president flew out of the country.
Gee, they f***ed up the timing again, huh?
Related: The Quiet "Al-CIA-Duh" Coup in Somalia
The Somali government and the 7,000-man African Union force that protects Somalia’s government gave slightly differing accounts of the attack, though they agreed on the broad outlines....
At least two of the bombers were wearing Somali military uniforms....
Can you say FALSE FLAG ATTACK?
Somali officials condemned the attack on the eve of the Muslim religious festival of Eid but said they had anticipated a high-profile assault. Eid marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was aimed at a meeting of UN, African Union, and Somali officials.
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WASHINGTON — US Marines rescued the crew of a hijacked German-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden in a predawn raid yesterday, capturing nine pirates without firing a single shot.
Two dozen Marine commandos took control of the Magellan Star, a cargo ship, by slipping alongside it in small boats and climbing aboard on ladders, US military officials said.
The pirates, all Somali nationals, surrendered within minutes and are in the custody of the US Navy.
“The pirates were definitely overmatched,’’ Vice Admiral Mark Fox, commander of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, said in a telephone interview. “We created a good plan and executed it really well.’’
The dramatic rescue occurred one day after pirates captured the ship, the latest in a string of pirate attacks and hostage-takings in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean....
