Tag: Somalia

Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Three Kansas men arrested for planning to bomb Somali refugee community

Anna Giaritelli · October 14, 2016 10:24 pm

The Pentagon says U.S. troops were not involved in the firefight that preceded the strike. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

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US airstrikes kill al Shabab fighters in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · September 28, 2016 7:27 pm

A ‘Minnesota Man’ Strikes in St. Cloud

Scott W. Johnson · September 20, 2016 5:01 pm

St. Cloud, Minn., Police Chief William Blair Anderson and other officials give updated information on the Crossroads Center incident at the St. Cloud Police Department. (Jason Wachter/St. Cloud Times via AP)

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Islamic State claims credit for Minnesota knife attack

Rudy Takala · September 18, 2016 9:03 pm

The victims were mostly students and merchants, officials said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Terrorist attack in Somalia leaves 23 dead

Becket Adams · August 21, 2016 9:25 pm

A Somali soldier stands near the wreckage of a car bomb outside the UN's office in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Twin car bombs kill 13 near UN office in Somalia

Kelly Cohen · July 26, 2016 3:05 pm

Terrorism by al Shabab strikes in the Somali capital. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Gunmen attack hotel in Mogadishu

Al Weaver · June 25, 2016 5:05 pm

‘Minnesota Men’ on Trial

Scott W. Johnson · June 10, 2016 5:10 am

Officially the Pentagon says "the results of the operation" are still being assessed. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

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U.S. kills al-Shabab commander in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · June 1, 2016 5:46 pm

Military officials said a "small number" of U.S. troops were in Somalia "advising and assisting" Ugandan troops who were conducting a raid against what was described as "an illegal taxation checkpoint" early Thursday morning west of the capital Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File)

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U.S. boots in Somalia call in airstrike against al Shabab

Jamie McIntyre · May 12, 2016 5:54 pm

Minneapolis has seen dozens of Somalis leave or attempt to leave to fight with al-Shabaab, that country's version of al Qaeda, since 2006. However, far fewer have sought to join the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

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Report: ISIS publishes ‘kill list’ for Minnesota police officers

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 10:38 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008, file photo armed Al-shabab fighters just outside Mogadishu, Somalia, prepare to travel into the city in pickup trucks after vowing there would be new waves of attacks against Ethiopian troops. Ethiopia had announced it would withdraw its troops by the end of 2008, leaving Somalia's government vulnerable to insurgents. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

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Pentagon: Airstrike in Somalia kills 150 fighters

Jacqueline Klimas · March 7, 2016 7:57 pm