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In 2010, on Christmas Eve a group of Somalis in the Netherlands arrested on suspicion of terrorism
AMSTERDAM - The
Netherlands Somalis who stay preparing terrorist actions. Claiming
at least one over flowing commander of the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab.
Foreign
Office reports that the radio program Sunday.
The
man claims that the radical Islamic organization Somalis from the diaspora has
trained as "sleeper cells" to prepare for terrorist actions in the
Netherlands, Great Britain and the United States.
The
VPRO program relies on BBC journalist Mary Harper, who in Somalia had an
interview with the commander, Mohamed Farah al-Ansari.
Protection
Al-Ansari
is in a conservation of the Somali interim government, because his life is in
danger. U.S.
intelligence have been interrogated him in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Edwin
Baker of the Center for Terrorism and Counterterrorism of Leiden University
speaks of a new and very annoying message, if it is true. "A
sleeping terror cell is a nightmare for any intelligence whatsoever."
AIVD
late in a response to the VPRO know that "research has not led to
indications of an attack threat from Somalia against the Netherlands'.
Al-Qaeda
Al-Shabaab
is since 2008 on the list of terrorist organizations would maintain ties with
Al Qaeda. The
organization is held responsible for attacks in Somalia, Kenya and Uganda. At that
fell last attack in 2010 killed more than seventy.
In
recent years, Somalis who live in Western countries joined al-Shabaab. Among
them certainly a Dutch Somali, appeared in September from a report by the
United Nations.
British
security services estimate that hundreds of British Somalis have traveled to
Somalia to the side of Al-Shabaab to fight, said Office.
Suicide
Attacks
The
commander has defected with foreign, mainly Asian and Arab jihadists fighting
against government forces, he told the British journalist.
The
Somalis from Europe and the United States worked under him mainly as a driver
and translator. But
some are trained for suicide attacks in Somalia and others to return to their
country and prepare for attacks there, said Al-Ansari.
Christmas Eve arrest
In
2010, on Christmas Eve a group of Somalis in the Netherlands arrested on
suspicion of terrorism. They
were suspected of involvement with Al-Shabaab and arrested following a report
by AIVD, which it had warned of an impending attack in the Netherlands. The group was ultimately not
prosecuted.
Source: NU.NL
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"Al-Shabaab terrorist cell has in the Netherlands'
In 2010, on Christmas Eve a group of Somalis in the Netherlands arrested on suspicion of terrorism