vanguard blog | August 05, 2010 | 5 comments

Vanguard's "American Jihadi," Omar Hammami, Indicted By US

The Justice Department unsealed indictments against 14 Americans who are charged with providing money, personnel and services to Al-Shabaab, the terrorist network Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel investigated in "American Jihadi."

From The Washington Post:

Among those charged were Omar Shafik Hammami, 26, a former resident of Daphne, Ala., and Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 28, a former resident of San Diego. Both are U.S. citizens who are believed to be at large in Somalia.

In a news conference, [Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.] Holder said Hammami "has assumed an operational role" in al-Shabab and has made recruitment videos that have aroused concern at the FBI and in the Somali community in the United States.

The effort to recruit Somali Americans for al-Shabab targets young men "at difficult points in their lives," a U.S. official said...

"While our investigations are ongoing around the country, these arrests and charges should serve as an unmistakable warning to others considering joining or supporting terrorist groups like al-Shabab," Holder told reporters. "If you choose this route, you can expect to find yourself in a U.S. jail cell or a casualty on the battlefield in Somalia."

Watch a scene from "American Jihadi" about the recruitment by Al-Shabaab of young Western Muslims.

"American Jihadi" airs on Cur

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5 comments // Vanguard's "American Jihadi," Omar Hammami, Indicted By US

  • phoenixrising1
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      phoenixrising1  

    • this is another example of how this false religion is trying to infiltrate America and put it 's barbaric beliefs on our free country they will be stopped we don't shove Christianity down your throat and threaten to KILL you if you don't convert. NOT on my watch...ever.. THIS WE'LL DEFEND" US ARMY SOTE 30TH ENGR BAT.MY comrades and I have had enough we will not submit

    • 1 year ago
  • PragmaticPat
  • Weindeldesigns
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      Weindeldesigns  

    • Watching the whole program gave me incite to something. They said christian back army didn't want them in the boarding country. So the army struck and killed with out provocation. WTF! Christians in America how is it that you let this happen? That would be like asking Muslims in America how is it that you let these Terrorist kill in your gods name....LOL Ya see! Christians don't kill other humans (lol) in the name of there god, They get armies of Governments to do it for them. I think this is even worse then Muslims extremest, they hide there true dealings. At lest the terrorist let you know what,where,and how it's coming down. Don't contact me to become part of any religion. I speak with out Gods guidance, I speak with reason! Keep your Unjust gods hopefully one day they will banish the whole god concept, maybe then there will be a whole lot less killing of humans on this world.

    • 1 year ago
  • alicynx
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      alicynx  

    • I'm not 100% on board with this one - I mean, unless this group has attacked a US holding are they really our enemy specifically? I may not agree with their ideologies, but if they aren't openly targeting America or Americans, can we indict someone for sympathizing with them? From what I had seen, this group is fighting in Somalia, against Somalians. If I'm wrong, please let me know. If someone chooses to fight in a war that has nothing to do with the United States, they should be free to do so, but expect no support or privilege from their US citizenship. If this group has targeted the US in some way though, i think that an indictment is fair; I just hadn't heard of these guys going after us at all...

    • 1 year ago
  • CalgarC
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