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Justin Kaliebe 18-year-old pleaded guilty in February to providing material support to a terrorist organization.
.. desired to join al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula so he could wage jihad, or holy war.
U.S. agents arrested the Long Island resident in January at Kennedy Airport as he was boarding a flight to Oman.
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FBI Arrests Muslim Headed to Africa for Jihad
FBI agents arrested two US citizens - one at the airport in Atlanta, the other at a bus terminal in Augusta, Georgia - who they said were about to leave for North Africa ''to prepare to wage violent jihad''. Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair and Randy Wilson, also known as Rasheed Wilson, both 25 and residents of Mobile, Alabama, were charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists in order ''to kill persons or damage property outside the United States''. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court in Mobile alleges the men met online two years ago, and later confided to an undercover FBI source their alleged plans to travel overseas with fake passports and join a terror network in Morocco or Mauritania. ''Jihad means people are going to die,'' Mr Abukhdair allegedly told Mr Wilson and the undercover source. ''It's a war … This is what jihad is. This is what war is.'' Mr Wilson later allegedly told the undercover source: ''One way or the other, everyone's gonna have to fight. This is just, this is the way of the world, man … Jihad is the pinnacle of Islam. There's no deed better than jihad.'' Advertisement Mr Abukhdair and Mr Wilson have not yet entered pleas. The arrests come as a Chicago man was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 10 years in prison for planning to travel to Somalia in 2010 to wage jihad for a terrorist group connected to al-Qaeda. Shaker Masri, 29 (pictured), a native US citizen of Syrian descent, pleaded guilty in July to attempting to provide material support to the Somali group al-Shabab
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Al Shabaab's American Recruits
www.adl.org/assets/pdf/combating.../al-shabaabs-american-recruits.pdfMahamud Said Omar, a former janitor at Abubaker As-Saddique Islamic Center, a mosque many of the defendants attended, played a major role in recruiting some of the young men, according to the Department of Justice. In November 2009, Omar was arrested in the Netherlands and charged in a Minneapolis District Court with providing the young men funding to travel to Somalia. He also allegedly visited an Al Shabaab safe-house and donated money to the group for the purchase of AK-47 rifles for the Minneapolis men to use. In October 2012, Omar was found guilty of five charges related to his recruitment for Al Shabaab and was sentenced to 20- years in prison on May 13, 2013A wave of Americans traveling to Somalia to fight with Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda- ...In November 2009, Omar was arrested in the Netherlands and charged in a.Most of the American men training with Al Shabaab
are believed to have been radicalized in the U.S., especially
in Minneapolis, according to U.S. officials. The FBI alleges
that these young men have been recruited by Al Shabaab
both on the Internet and in person
Americans Linked to Al Shabaab
The following is a list of Americans and U.S. residents that have been charged, convicted or
otherwise affiliated with Al Shabaab:
Omer Abdi Mohamed, a 26-year-old legal permanent resident from St. Anthony, Minnesota, pleaded
guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, and injure
persons outside the U.S. on July 18, 2011. Authorities allege that Mohamed helped recruit six young
men to fight in Somalia. Prior to his arrest, Mohamed reportedly attended Roosevelt High School in
Minneapolis and worked as an employment counselor until he was laid off in the fall of 2009. On
May 14, 2013, Mohamed was sentenced to 12-years in prison for his role in recruiting on behalf of
Al Shabaab.
Betim Kaziu, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen from Brooklyn, New York, was convicted on July 7, 2011, for
traveling abroad to join terrorist group, including Al Shabaab, and to fight against American forces 8
in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans. He was arrested in Kosovo and extradited to the United
States.
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud, a 26-year-old American citizen from Columbus, Ohio, was charged in an
indictment, unsealed in June 2011, with providing material support to Al Shabaab. Mahamud, who
was arrested in Ohio, previously lived in Minnesota. In February 2012, he pleaded guilty to
conspiring to provide material support to Al Shabaab. On May 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 3-
years in prison for fundraising for Al Shabaab
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Farah Mohamad Beledi, a 27-year-old from Minneapolis, killed two African Union peacekeepers and
a Somali soldier during a suicide attack against a military base in Mogadishu on May 30, 2011,
according to the FBI. The FBI confirmed Beledi's identity through fingerprint analysis. He was one
of 14 people indicted in July 2010 with providing material support to terrorists for their various
connections to Al Shabaab.
Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud, a 35-year-old from Anaheim, California, was charged with
conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy
to kill in a foreign country and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments in a California federal
court in an indictment that was unsealed on December 3, 2010. Mohamud allegedly conspired to
provide money to Al Shabaab with three other San Diego residents arrested on Al Shabaab-related
terror charges – Basaaly Saeed Moalin, Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud and Issa Doreh. In February
2013, Moahmud was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy
to provide material support to Al Shabaab, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
Basaaly Saeed Moalin, 33, Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud, 38, and Issa Doreh, a 54-year-old
naturalized American citizen, all from San Diego, California, were arrested and charged in an
indictment unsealed in November 2010. The men allegedly transferred money to Al Shabaab at the
request of Aden Hashi Ayrow, the former military leader of the terrorist group. In February 2013,
all three were convicted of various charges related to providing material support to terrorist and Al
Shabaab and money laundering.
Nima Ali Yusuf, a 24-year-old permanent U.S. resident, was indicted in a San Diego federal court on
November 15, 2010. She was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to Al Shabaab
and making false statements in a matter involving international terrorism. Yusuf allegedly
promised to send money and at least one recruit to Al Shabaab. She is allegedly linked to 9
Minnesotans who traveled to Somalia to join Al Shabaab. Yusuf was sentenced to 8-years in prison
in December 2102 for providing material support to Al Shabaab.
Mohamud Abdi Yusuf, a 30-year-old with refugee status from St. Louis, and Abdi Mahdi Hussein,
from Minneapolis, were arrested and charged in an indictment unsealed in November 2010,
accusing them of sending money to Al Shabaab supporters in Somalia. A third man charged in this
indictment, Duane Mohamed Diriye, who remains at large, allegedly received the funds in Somalia
and transferred the money to members of Al Shabaab. Yusuf pleaded guilty to providing material
support to Al Shabaab in November 2011 and was sentenced to 10-years’ imprisonment. Hussein
pleaded guilty to a non-terrorism related charge in January 2012 and was sentenced to 3-years’
probation for concealing money transfers to Kenya and Somalia.
Amina Farah Ali, 33, and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 63, both naturalized American citizens from
Minnesota, were arrested in August 2010 for raising funds for Al Shabaab through door-to-door
solicitations in various Somali communities in the region. They also solicited financial contributions
to support terrorist activities in Somalia during various fundraising teleconferences, according to
court documents. The women allegedly raised funds for Al Shabaab "under the false pretense that
the funds were for the poor and needy." The two have pleaded not guilty. Both women were
convicted on charges of conspiring to provide material support to Al Shabaab in October 2011. On
May 16, 2013, Hasan was sentenced to 10-years in prison for fundraising on behalf of Al Shabaab
and lying to the FBI. Ali was sentenced the same day to 20-years in prison for her fundraising
efforts.
Jehad Serwan Mostafa, a 28-year-old American citizen from California, was charged in an
indictment unsealed in August 2010 with conspiring to provide material support to Al Shabaab and
with fighting with the Somali-based terrorist group. Mostafa, a former student at the University of
California San Diego, allegedly left the U.S. in 2005 and remains at large, presumably in Somalia.
Abdikadir Ali Abdi, 19, and Abdisalan Hussein Ali, 21, both American citizens from Minnesota, are
among ten individuals who remain at large in Somalia – charged in an indictment unsealed in
August 2010. Among other charges, Abdi and Ali are indicted for providing financial support and
personnel to Al Shabaab and to a conspiracy to kill abroad. The other suspects named in the
indictment were previously charged for similar terror offenses relating to their alleged involvement
with Al Shabaab. Ali carried out a suicide bombing in October 2011.10
Shaker Masri, a 26-year-old American citizen from Chicago, was arrested in August 2010 for
planning to travel to Somalia to join Al Shabaab. Masri allegedly mapped various routes to Somalia,
including ones through California, Mexico, Venezuela and Tanzania, to avoid detection by American
federal authorities. He also stated his intentions to become a suicide bomber in Somalia. "I will not
stay idle," he said in July 2010. "I wish to know how to the explosive belt is made… I will wear one
and I will not take it off."
Zachary Chesser, a 20-year-old American citizen from Virginia who threatened the creators of South
Park for satirizing issues surrounding the depiction of the Prophet Muhammad, pleaded guilty to
attempting to travel to Somalia and join Al Shabaab in October 2010. Chesser was originally
apprehended and questioned in July 2010 as he attempted to board a plane to Uganda, with the
intention of continuing to Somalia. He later admitted to federal authorities that he had attempted to
join Al Shabaab in Somalia on two previous occasions. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in
February 2011.
Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, a 20-year-old American citizen, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, a 24
year-old naturalized American citizen, both New Jersey, were arrested in June 2010 as they
attempted to board separate flights to Egypt with the intention of continuing to Somalia to join Al
Shabaab. The men, who have been charged with conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap persons
outside the United States, allegedly planned to kill American troops who they thought would soon
be deployed to Somalia to help fight Al Shabaab. Both men pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy
to murder people outside the U.S. in March 2011 and face the possibility of life imprisonment. On
April 15, 2013, Alessa was sentenced to 22-years in prison and Almonte was sentenced to 20-years.
Mohamed Osman, a 19-year-old from Bayonne, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on September 15, 2010
to charges of making materially false statements to federal investigators in a matter involving
international terrorism. Osman lied to FBI agents during their investigation of Mohamed Mahmood
Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte who were arrested at JFK Airport en route to join Al Shabaab in
Somalia.
Omar Hammami, a 25-year-old American citizen from Alabama, became the public face and voice of
Al Shabaab as part of the terrorist organization's effort to recruit English-speakers. Since the fall of
2007, Hammami has issued written statements on behalf of Al Shabaab and has appeared in the
terror group's videos and audio recordings. Identified in Al Shabaab statements and recordings as 11
Abu Mansour al Amriki (Arabic for "Abu Mansour the American"), Hammami was charged with
providing material support to Al Shabaab in an indictment unsealed in August 2010. However,
beginning in March 2012, Hammai has come into public conflict with Al Shabaab, even issuing
messages that he fears his life “may be endangered by [Al Shabaab] due to some differences that
occurred between us regarding matters of the Shariah and matters of strategy."
Kamal Said Hassan, a 24-year-old a U.S. citizen from Plymouth, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in a
Minneapolis federal court to providing material support for terrorism and to a foreign terrorist
organization in February 2009, and six months later also pleaded guilty to making a false statement
to FBI agents regarding his affiliation with the terrorist organization. He admitted in federal court
to training with Al Shabaab in Somalia. Before leaving for Somalia, Hassan reportedly attended
Minneapolis Community and Technical College in 2006. On May 13, 2013, he was sentenced to 10-
years in prison for fighting with Al Shabaab.
Abdifatah Yusuf Isse, a 25-year-old a naturalized U.S. citizen from Seattle, pleaded guilty in a
Minneapolis District Court to providing material support to terrorists in April 2009. He left for
Somalia in December 2007 and trained with Al Shabaab in Somalia, according to court
documents. Isse also admitted to investigators that he had contact in Somalia with Shirwa Ahmed,
the first known American suicide bomber, who carried out an attack in October 2008. On May 14,
2013, he was sentenced to 3-years in prison for traveling to Somalia and receiving training from Al
Shabaab. Prior to his travels to Somalia, Isse was an economics major at Eastern Washington
University.
Salah Osman Ahmed, a 26-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, pleaded
guilty in a Minneapolis District Court to providing material support to terrorists in July
2009. Ahmed traveled to Somalia in December 2007, according to his plea agreement, to fight
against Ethiopian troops. On May 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 3-years in prison for traveling to
Somalia and receiving weapons training from Al Shabaab. Ahmed is a former student at North
Hennepin Community College, a parking lot attendant and a security guard.
Adarus Abdulle Ali, a 25-year-old from St. Anthony, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in November 2009 to
perjury for making false statements to a federal grand jury. In December 2008, Ali testified that he
did not know anyone who traveled to Somalia; however, he attended a meeting where others
discussed traveling to Somalia to fight against Ethiopians. Ali also drove one of the defendants to 12
the Minneapolis airport for his flight to Somalia, according to court documents.
Abdow Munye Abdow, a 26-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Chanhassen, Minnesota, pleaded
guilty in May 2010 to lying to federal agents during a terrorism investigation. An indictment filed
against Abdow in October 2009 alleged that he lied about being in a rental car that was stopped
near Las Vegas with at least two other men who later allegedly traveled to Somalia and are also
indicted on terrorism charges. In addition, Abdow told federal agents that he did not know who
paid for the rental car, when in fact, according to court documents, he used his own debit card to
pay for the car. He was sentenced in July 2010 to four months in prison and four months house
arrest. He began serving his sentence in January 2011.
Mahamud Said Omar, a 43-year-old a legal permanent resident who previously resided in
Minneapolis, was arrested in November 2009 in the Netherlands and charged in a U.S. District
Court with providing and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill,
kidnap, main, and injure persons outside the U.S. The FBI alleges that Omar provided the young
Somali-American men with funds to travel to Somalia. He also reportedly visited an Al Shabaab
safe-house and donated money to the group for the purchase of AK-47 rifles for use by the
Minneapolis men. On May 13, 2013, he was sentenced to 20-years in prison for his role in
recruiting militants for Al Shabaab.
Ahmed Ali Omar, a 24-year-old legal permanent resident who lived in Minneapolis, was charged in
an indictment filed in August 2009 and unsealed in November with providing and conspiring to
provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, and injure persons outside
the U.S., possessing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and solicitation to commit
a crime of violence. The indictment alleged that Omar persuaded four other men to go with him to
Somalia to train with Al Shabaab in December 2007. Omar, who graduated from Edison High
School in Minneapolis in 2004, is still at large and believed to be in Somalia.
Khalid Mohamud Abshir, a 26-year-old legal permanent resident who lived in Minneapolis, was
charged in an indictment filed in August 2009 and unsealed in November with providing and
conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, and injure
persons outside the U.S., and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. The indictment alleged that
Abshir persuaded four other men to go with him to Somalia to train with Al Shabaab in December
2007. Abshir, who previously worked at a car-rental company, is still at large and believed to be in 13
Somalia.
Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, an 18-year-old legal permanent resident who lived in Minneapolis,
was charged in an indictment filed in August 2009 and unsealed in November with providing and
conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, and also with conspiring to kill, kidnap, maim,
and injure persons outside the U.S. Hassan reportedly left for Somalia in August 2008 a year before
graduating from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. He is still at large and believed to be
outside the U.S. presumably in Somalia, according to the FBI.
Mustafa Ali Salat, an 18-year-old legal permanent resident who lived in St. Paul, was charged in an
indictment filed in August 2009 and unsealed in November with providing and conspiring to
provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to kill, kidnap, maim, and injure persons
outside the U.S. Salat reportedly left for Somalia in August 2008 a year before graduating from
Harding High School in St. Paul. He is still at large and believed to be outside the U.S. presumably in
Somalia, according to the FBI.
Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax, a 32-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Minneapolis, was charged in
October 2009 for conspiring to kill, kidnap, maim, and injure persons outside the U.S. According to
court documents, Faarax previously fought with Al Shabaab in Somalia in 2007 and later returned
to Minneapolis where he encouraged others to travel to Somalia to fight. Faarax, who previously
worked as a cab driver, is still at large and was last seen in October 2009 at the U.S.-Mexico border
crossing.
Abdiweli Yassin Isse, 25-years-old from Minneapolis, was charged in October 2009 for conspiring to
kill, kidnap, maim, and injure persons outside the U.S. According to court documents, Isse raised
money to buy airplane tickets for other defendants to travel to Somalia to fight "jihad" against
Ethiopians. Isse, who previously worked at a money-wiring service, is still at large and was last
seen in October 2009 at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing.
Zakaria Maruf, a 30-year-old legal permanent resident who lived in Minneapolis, was charged in an
indictment filed in August 2009 and unsealed in November with providing and conspiring to
provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to kill, kidnap, maim, and injure persons
outside the U.S. Maruf, who previously belonged to a violent street gang in Minneapolis, gave an
interview in January 2009 to Andalus Radio, a station in Somalia, about why he and others went to
Somalia. In the interview, Maruf claimed that they went to Somalia after they "heard the verses 14
from Allah," and those that are there "hold the highest position in the sight of Allah." Maruf's family
has reportedly claimed he was killed while fighting in Somalia in July 2009.
Shirwa Ahmed, a 27-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who lived in Minneapolis, was reportedly the
first known American suicide bomber. Ahmed, carried out a suicide attack in October 2008 on the
United Nations compound, the Ethiopian Consulate and the presidential palace in Hargeisa, killing
24 people. Ahmed, who graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis in 2000, was one of
six men who left Minnesota for Somalia in December 2007 and attended an Al Shabaab training
camp.
Ruben Shumpert, a 26-year-old American Muslim convert from Seattle, allegedly fled to Somalia
while free on bond after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and transferring counterfeit U.S.
currency. Officials suspect that Shumpert was working with Al Shabaab when he was killed in a
missile strike in Somalia in 2008.
Burhan Hassan, of Minneapolis, allegedly left during his
senior year at Roosevelt High School in November 2008
and traveled to Somalia. Media reports indicate that
Hassan was killed in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in
June 2009 when he was 17 years old.
Mohamoud Hassan, of Minneapolis, allegedly left for
Somalia in November 2008. Hassan, a former
engineering student at the University of Minnesota, was reportedly killed in Mogadishu, the capital
of Somalia, in September 2009 when he was 23 years old.
Jamal Bana, of Minneapolis, allegedly left for Somalia in November 2008 while studying engineering
at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and Normandale College. Reports indicate that
Bana was killed in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in July 2009 when he was 19 years old.
Troy Kastigar, an American-born Muslim convert from Minneapolis, allegedly left for Somalia in
November 2008. Kastigar's family reportedly received information that he was killed in September
2009, when he was 28 years old. 15
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