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Over the past year we’ve all heard
the occasional reports of people here in the US trying to leave to join ISIS in
Syria. Yet no one has been talking very much about the growing threat of ISIS
already being here in the US.
My first thought would be the areas
of Dearborn, Michigan and Murfreesboro, Tennessee as possible hotbeds for ISIS
sympathizers, since they are known for their large Islamic communities. If
someone would have suggested the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul as an ISIS
hotbed I would probably have discounted it. That is until today.
Okay, so four men from Minneapolis
were arrested for trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS. That doesn’t make it
a hotbed for ISIS activity, does it? After 19 year old Hanad Musse of the
Minneapolis plead guilty to charges related to ISIS last Wednesday, reports
have surfaced that the Twin Cities has become a top recruiting ground for ISIS
here in the US.
They are not recruiting among Syrian
or Iranian communities but among the Somalian
community in the Twin Cities
area. It is estimated that there are around 30,000 Somalians living in the area
and officials are reporting that there has been Islamic extremism going back
for some years.
In 2006 the conflict between Somalia
and Ethiopia stirred up a significant amount of extremism as al-Shabab, the
Somalia group later linked to al Qaeda, was heavily recruiting members in the
Somalian community of the Twin Cities. Now ISIS is working diligently to
recruit as many Somalians as possible.
US
Attorney Andrew Luger, based in Minneapolis, released a
press statement that read in part:
"Since Al Shabaab began
recruiting Minnesota's youth in 2006, the Twin Cities have been a focus of
overseas terror recruiting by organizations like the Islamic State for Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL). This cycle of terror recruiting has exclusively targeted
Minnesota’s Somali community."
At a news conference, Luger stated:
"To be clear: We have a
terror-recruiting problem in Minnesota. And this case demonstrates how
difficult it is to put an end to recruiting here. Parents and loved ones should
know that there is not one master recruiter organizing in the Somali community
locally. What this case shows is that the person radicalizing your son, your
brother, your friend, may not be a stranger. It may be their best friend right
here in town.”
In response to the ISIS threat among
the Somali community in the Twin Cities, a plan was launched by outgoing US
Attorney General Eric Holder, "in cities across the country to bring
together community representatives, public safety officials and religious
leaders to counter violent extremism."
"Since 2013, a large number of
Somali Minnesotans have traveled, attempted to travel, or taken steps in
preparation to travel to join ISIL. The Somali Minnesotan community wants this
cycle of recruitment to stop and have partnered with the US Attorney's office
to build a plan to stop this cycle."
But will this plan be enough to stop
ISIS recruitment? They seem to be focused on those who are trying or have
traveled to join ISIS, but what about any that are being groomed here to carry
out terrorist attacks? No one seems to be talking about local indoctrination
and training. It would only make sense for ISIS to be training people already
here in the US to carry out bombings and attacks rather than having them travel
to Syria. With our open borders and intelligence reports indicating that ISIS
has been working with Mexican drug cartels for access into the US, it’s only a
matter of time before we see their destructive ways in our own country.
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