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Terrorist Group Recruits in Midwest

[AP] Lolita C. Baldor - U.S. counter-terrorism officials suspect that the al-Shabab organization is recruiting young men from Somali communities in Minnesota and other Midwestern states, luring them back to their home country for terror training, and creating cells of fighters who could travel to other countries, including the U.S., to launch attacks. Four months ago, a young Somali man left Minneapolis to become a suicide bomber. He detonated a bomb he was wearing as part of coordinated attacks targeting a UN compound, the Ethiopian consulate and the presidential palace in Somalia's capital, the first known time a U.S. citizen was a suicide bomber.
2009-03-06 06:00:00
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