AND MORE FANATICS – AT 10:18 A.M. ET:  This has been suspected for some time.  From Fox:

MINNEAPOLIS -- A group of Minneapolis-area Somalis, including some who traveled to their homeland to allegedly take up arms against the Ethiopian army, held secret meetings in 2007 to plan the trips, created fake itineraries to fool family members and challenged one another about their commitment, prosecutors contend in a court filing.

The document was filed this week in advance of a trial for one man accused of being part of the conspiracy.

It sheds new light on how the recruiting operation worked in Minneapolis and how some of the men arrived at safehouses in Somalia, where they received AK-47s and weapons training.

Since the fall of 2007, at least 21 men have left Minnesota for Somalia, where authorities believe they joined the terror group al-Shabab. Eighteen people have been charged in Minnesota in connection with the case, including Omer Abdi Mohamed, who goes on trial next week on terror-related charges.

COMMENT:  What strikes us is the skill used in recruiting young men from the United States, making them deceive their own families, and sending them overseas, probably to their deaths.  It is almost ten years since 9/11, and we're starting to forget the power of terrorist ideology.  I'm afraid we'll be awakened.

July 16, 2011