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Minnesota man pleads guilty to terrorism charges

More than 20 young men left their homes in Minnesota and traveled to Somalia to fight with the terror group Al Shabab. A number of them were teenagers who slipp...

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July 18, 2011 9:49 pm

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More than 20 young men left their homes in Minnesota and traveled to Somalia to fight with the terror group Al Shabab. A number of them were teenagers who slipped out of their parents homes only to realize they’d made a mistake, but were prevented from returning home and were killing in Somalia. Now a Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to a terror-related charge for helping recruit them. Twenty-six-year-old Omer Abdi Mohamed faces up to 15 years in prison.