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Saturday, June 21, 2014

'Jihad Cool': Rap videos, adventure and 'fun' of war luring Americans

AK-47 aloft, his right hand raised and pointing to the sky, Abdirahmaan Muhumed, 29, stands on a Syrian hillside and stares defiantly into the camera.

Six months ago the father of nine from Minnesota was shooting hoops in Uptown Minneapolis. He was neither overtly religious nor politically vocal.

Today he is one of as many as 15 young Somali -Americans from the Twin Cities currently under investigation by the FBI for having travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Any guesses who is paying to support the NINE kids he abandoned? What do you think they cost taxpayers each month?