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The British government said Monday it was going to ban Somali terrorist organization al-Shabab, an al Qaeda-linked Islamist group fighting the anarchic country's transitional government. The ban would make membership in al-Shabab a criminal offense and bar Britons from raising money for the group. It must be approved by Parliament before it goes into force, but that is largely a formality.
Britain is home to one of the largest Somali communities in Europe. The most recent census put the number of Somalis living in the U.K. at about 43,000, but immigration experts believe the true figure is far higher. Mr. Abdullahi put the figure at upward of 100,000, saying many were in the country without proper documentation. |