Somalis sentenced in Minneapolis
A judge sentenced two Somalis, Muhamud Said Omar, 46, a janitor at a Minneapolis mosque and Kamal Said Hassan, 28 to 20 & 10-year stints, respectively, in prison for their participation in a “pipeline” for sending other young Somalis to their home country to battle with Ethiopian troops who invaded Somalia in 2006 to try and get some semblance of order there. From Stars & Stripes;
All the men charged in Minneapolis have been accused of supporting Al-Shabab, an insurgent group that fought the Ethiopians and in 2008 was declared a terrorist organization by the State Department.
Omar was convicted of arranging the travel of young Minneapolis men to Somalia and supplying guns to Al-Shabab. Three men who went to Somalia to fight testified that Omar arranged their travel. They said Omar flew to Somalia, visited an Al-Shabab safe house in early 2008 and provided cash for rifles. Prosecutors said Omar helped arrange travel for six more recruits in 2008 even after Shirwa Ahmed, of Minneapolis, blew himself up in a suicide attack in Somalia.
In November 2008 Omar sought asylum in the Netherlands, but was extradited. During closing arguments in his trial, he said, “No evidence proves that I committed any crime.”
The other seven awaiting sentencing will be in front of U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, the same judge who sentenced the first two, to receive the news of their fates next week. If they want to fight the Ethopians so badly, I think we can find enough money to send them over there.
Category: Terror War
We don’t shoot traitors, spies, enemy warriors anymore? Sucks to be old and be able to remember a proud, strongly led, country, taking care of business.
“No evidence proves that I committed any crime.”
Obviously the jury didn’t agree.
Temporarly hold these two in a cell with Bubba. Let’s see how long the prayer caterwauling lasts.
Then, after the other seven are sentenced, fly all nine over to Ethopia/Somalia (wherever). But to save money, DON’T land the plane, just let them all jump out. Oh, and to save even more money, don’t provide the ‘chutes. Happy landings!!
We shoulda let them go fight their little jihad in Somaliland, but only after we had secretly planted trackers on their bodies, so that Mr. Drone could plant a HE greeting up their stinkin jihadibutts…
Throw ’em off the side of the boat about a half mile from shore, and IF they make it, Mr. drone will have NO trouble targeting them!!
Proud Infidel: works for me.
Sharks gotta eat too.
That COULD get construed as animal cruelty. Somalis are typically filthy enough to give food poisoning to even a vulture!