re: #8 electrotek

Any word on the opinion of Somalis in Minneapolis have to say about this? They are usually silent when al-Shabaab commit disgusting acts like this, doesn’t surprise me since a lot of their recruits come from Minneapolis.

Oh, you mean like this, from 2009?

Local Somalis condemn suicide bombing in homeland

Minneapolis — Even Somali-Americans hardened by the bloodshed of their homeland were sickened by the latest attack, a suicide bombing in Mogadishu on Dec. 3.

Many say the bombing was one of the saddest moments in recent Somali history. The bomber killed at least 22 people at a graduation ceremony for medical students. Some people have even called the attack “Somalia’s 9/11.”

On Sunday, about 100 Somali-Americans scrounged up their last shreds of hope for their homeland as part of a community rally in Minneapolis to condemn the violence and pray for the victims’ families.

Some of the peaceful protesters were young people like Mukhtar Osman, who consider the bombing victims their own peers.

Osman, a 26-year-old civil engineer from Minneapolis, knew at least five people who were injured or killed in the graduation ceremony, on a day that should have been one of the happiest of their lives. […]

Since electrotek, as usual, only popped in to drop a stinking turd and then disappear back under his bridge, I figure some of you might be interested in actual useful info about the Somali community in Minnesota: Minnesota Public Radio has dozens of additional articles (from 2009) on the subject.

The ADL also has en extensive report that was just updated a few months ago, in June 2013: Al Shabaab’s American Recruits (PDF)