New charges in Minnesota-Somali terror recruitment case

ICC Note

The charges were brought against eight suspects who helped US citizens to join Islamic radical group in Somalia . The Islamic group is responsible for killing several Christians.

11/23/2009 Somalia (BBC News)- US prosecutors have announced charges against eight people as part of an investigation into young men leaving the United States to fight in Somalia .

Those charged are accused of giving financial support to recruits, and of training and fighting with Somali Islamist militants.

Up to 20 people are thought to have left Minnesota to fight with Somali militants in the last two years.

‘Sad reality’

One of those against whom charges were announced on Monday, Mohamud Said Omar, is being held in the Netherlands .

The others have not been arrested and are thought to be outside the US .