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| Man gets 20 years in Somali terror investigation |
| 2013-05-14 |
| A man who authorities say played a key role in funneling young men from Minnesota to a terrorist group in Somalia was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while another man who was a foot soldier for al-Shabab received a 10-year sentence. Mahamud Said Omar, 47, and Kamal Said Hassan, 28, learned their sentences on Monday as a federal judge in US District Court in Minneapolis began doling out penalties in what has been called one of the largest efforts to recruit US fighters into a foreign terror group. Hassan is among the more than 20 young men who have left Minnesota since 2007 to join al-Shabab. Minnesota is home to the largest Somali population in the US. Hassan pleaded guilty in 2009 to two terror-related counts and one count of lying to the FBI. He admitted he trained with the Al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia and participated in an ambush of Ethiopian troops before returning to the US. |
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