American carried out Somalia suicide bombing, Islamists claim

[Robb]

Source: CNN International

(CNN) -- A suicide bomber who carried out an attack in Somalia this weekend was an American citizen of Somali descent, a website associated with the Al-Shabaab Islamist movement claimed Sunday.

The website named the bombers as Aden al-Ansari and Cabdi Salaam al-Muhajir, and posted what it said was an audio interview with al-Muhajir speaking American-accented English.


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Omar Jamal, a Somali diplomat at the United Nations, said this weekend's bombing was the third time a Minnesota Somali-American had carried out a suicide bombing in Somalia.

The previous two were Shirwa Ahmed, 27, who was the first confirmed American suicide bomber in U.S. history, and Farah Mohamed Beledi, also 27.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/30/world/africa/somalia-us-bomber/

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Oh great. This is Peter King's wetdream. (nt)

[riderinthestorm]

2. It's only been a matter of time. Those kids in MN have been disappearing for too long now

That they are now showing up on the bombing circuit isn't surprising.

Horrifying but not surprising. What a shame.