Shabab Movement Appeals To Foreign Mujahideen To Join The Fight In Somalia
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Somalia's Shabab Mujahideen Movement launched a call to militants from around the world to join their ranks in a new propaganda video posted on the group's website. The 40-minute tape included footage from a camp where a dozen recruits were given training, in preparation for a new raid that the group has pledged to launch against Ethiopian forces. The recruits appeared to be from different nationalities and made short statements in Arabic, Urdu and English.
"I sincerely advise my beloved brothers and sisters to make Hijra (to migrate)...and come join us to defend the religion of Allah," a recruit said in English with a pronounced American accent.
The video also included a statement by a masked man identified as "Commander Abu Yucef Saleh al Nabhan," who may be Saleh Ali Saleh al Nabhan, a Kenyan wanted by the FBI for questioningin connection with the 2002 attacks in Mombasa, Kenya, against a hotel and an airliner.