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Two Somali women jailed for financing Shaboobs
Two women who used an internet chat room to raise several thousand dollars for the Somali militant group al-Shabab have been sentenced to prison.

Muna Osman Jama, 36, of Reston, Virginia, and Hinda Osman Dhirane,
...dear Hinda, a mother of six, was the group's poetess. Her Ode to Al Shabaab was read into the court record, there to sit for all eternity...
46, of Kent, Washington, had previously been convicted of providing support to a terrorist organization.
The ladies, emirs of the international Group of Fifteen, were arrested in July, 2014.
On Friday, Jama was sentenced to 12 years and Dhirane to 11 years.

Prosecutors had said the women used the chat room to round up small contributions on behalf of al-Shabab.

The women did not deny their sympathies for al-Shabab. But their defense lawyers argued that the money they raised went to people who were not clearly defined members of al-Shabab.
All the money went to the Widows Ammunition Fund...
The defense also raised First Amendment issues, saying their advocacy for al-Shabab should not be fodder for a criminal conviction.
Yes, it should. One of these years we will get serious, and pass that into law.

Posted by: Steve White 2017-04-02
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