Somali Terrorists in Sweden

Americans used to talk about Somali terrorist in America, but we Somalis are hearing that Sweden have their own Somali Terrorists list as well. We will probably hear more countries doing the same sooner than later. A handful of Muslim Swedes have been killed in brutal fights.

Young, Swedish-Somali men have been trained to fight and also participated in the bloody civil war in Somalia. The Swedish security police, Sapo, told to Expressen newspaper that "a handful" Swedes have been killed in the war-torn country on Africa's east coast.

Fought for al-Shabaab

The Security Police confirmed yesterday to the newspaper that a young Swedish Muslim was killed during fighting in the beginning of July, and it is in the wake of this disclosure that it appears that even more Swedish Somalis have fought in the Civil War.

The Muslims fought for al-Shabaab, the Islamist terrorist group that with great force has cut the legs under the fragile regime in Somalia.

The Al Shabaab is fighting for to establish an Islamist state in the Horn of Africa.

The Government’s army has been reinforced with troops from the African Union, but militias continue to make great progress. Al-Shabaab is suspected by the United States to stand in coalition with Al-Qaida, and is considered a terrorist organization.

Own initiative

According to Expressen, the young man came to Sweden as a child, and lived in the country until he recently moved back to Somalia.

Police spokesman, Patrik Peter, said that the man's sympathy with extremist Islam began while he still lived in Sweden.

”It is a process that leads to ideological and religious activism. Muslim is convinced that it is acceptable to use violence to promote political messages," says Peter.

According to Peter the young man and the group he belonged to have been victims of the strong or charismatic people outside who have led them into extremism.

Not alone

Malena Rembe, chief analyst at Sapo’s terror unit, told that Swedish Muslims have traveled to Somalia to participate in fighting or terrorism education.

Dagbladet has previously mentioned that the American Islamist terrorist have traveled to Somali to fight.

A great number of American Somalis have joined the Islamist extremists, and at least one U.S. citizen has conducted suicide attacks in the country.

The FBI chief Robert Mueller III confirmed to the New York Times in February that the Somali suicide bomber was trained by Minnesota terrorist while he was still in the USA. The U.S. is sending weapons and military equipment to the Somali government to strengthen it in its the fight against the Islamist insurgents.

Amnesty Int'l has recorder extensive and serious violations of human rights in the country.

A strict sharia law has been introduced in the areas al-Shabaab, where people who do not come to Friday prayers are being whipped and thieves get their hands chopped off.

Swedish "Youth" Dead in Somalia

Another young Swedish-Somali man has been killed in the conflict in Somalia. According to the Swedish Security Service, he died in the beginning of July after being recruited in Sweden by the militia Al Shabab.

It’s well known in the Somali community that the group, which may have ties to terrorist network Al Qaida, has been recruiting youth in Sweden. Al Shabab has been especially active in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby, where a large number of Sweden’s Somali population lives.

Kadafi Hussein, youth leader at a Rinkeby community center, told SR International that he saw four young men recruit Somalis in a public square. “They talked about jihad and what was happening in Somalia. That it was right to go there, and that they’d help you out with a plane ticket if you needed it.”

According to Malena Rembe of the Swedish Security Service, the Swedish-Somali man who died in Somalia had lived in Sweden since he was very young. This type of radicalization may pose a danger for Sweden, she says.

“We fear that that they’ll develop a network, and get experience and training in Somalia that they can then use in Sweden [to plan terrorist attacks] when they come back.

These days Somalis living in the west are being labeled as terrrorist and many Somalis in the USA in particular are being put under microscope. What the hell is going here. what all we know is that few Somalis kids went to Somalia to fight for Al-Shabaab without their parents' knowledge, but that doesn't mean Somalis are terrorist. We gotta need to be careful and we should keep track of what our kids doing.