Friday, March 13, 2009

Somali-Americans tie to U.S. plots doubted

There is no evidence that radicalized Somali-American youths who have disappeared over the past two years are being trained as terrorists abroad to one day return and attack the U.S., intelligence and law enforcement officials told members of a Senate panel Wednesday.

Although worrisome, their apparent recruitment by al-Shabaab, a militant group linked to al-Qaida, is more likely to signify that many are motivated to help Somalia fight Ethiopians who invaded in 2006.

"We do not have a credible body of reporting right now that lead us to believe that these American recruits are being trained and instructed to come back to the U.S. for terrorist acts," said Andrew Liepman, deputy director of intelligence at the National Counterterrorism Center. "Yet obviously we remain concerned about that, and watchful."

Source: ChicagoTribune

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