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US men 'joined Somali Islamists'

Source: BBC News

US officials say several cases of US citizens of Somali origin returning to their homeland to join the Islamist al-Shabaab militia are being investigated.

A Senate committee heard most of the young recruits came from Minneapolis city in the US state of Minnesota.

Al-Shabaab leaders have admitted having links to al-Qaeda but the officials said there was no evidence of Somali-Americans planning to attacks the US.

The US state department considers al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7939100.stm

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