Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area

AP

Young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are disappearing, stirring fears they may be returning to Somalia to join terrorist groups like Shabaab, seen above at a training camp.

Young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are disappearing, stirring fears they may be returning to Somalia to join terrorist groups like Shabaab, seen above at a training camp.

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Dozens of young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have disappeared in recent months, causing community members and U.S. intelligence officials to fear that they are joining jihadist groups in Somalia.

Officials are especially concerned that some of the men may be destined to return to the U.S. after they have received terrorist training. ....