Thursday, May 22, 2014

Somalia's al-Shabaab Now Threatening To Bring A 'Hoy War' To American Shores

al-Shabaab commander Fuad Mohamed Khalaf

Somalia Extremist Threatens US, Says Holy War Will Come To America -- Sydney Morning Herald

Mogadishu, Somalia: Making a rare threat against the United States, a senior member of Somalia's Islamic insurgent group that has carried out terrorist attacks abroad said on Thursday that holy war will come to America and that Islam's flag will one day fly over Washington.

The al-Shabab fighter, who has a $US5 million ($5.42 million) US bounty on his head, said in a speech broadcast on the rebels' radio station that al-Shabab fighters would carry out jihad, or holy war, in Kenya and Uganda "and afterward, with God's will, to America."

"America is waging a war in the Horn of Africa because they are responsive to the Koran verses saying that the Islamic flag will fly in every corner of the world," Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, also known as Fuad Shongole, said, referring to Islam's holy book.

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My Comment: He has a US$5 million bounty on his head .... that tells me that the U.S. is taking his threats seriously.

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