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| American Shabaab mocks reports of his death in rap song |
| 2011-04-12 |
| Omar Hammami, the reputed terrorist born in Alabama who the government in Somalia had reported dead last month, may be alive after all. Hammami purportedly released an audio recording this month proclaiming jihad. The Long War Journal posted a recording of the rap song on its website. The recording is described as Hammami's way of mocking reports of his death. Federal prosecutors in Mobile first obtained a secret indictment against Hammami in 2007, for providing material support to terrorists. Prosecutors got an updated indictment in 2009, adding a conspiracy charge and a count of providing material support to a designated. On March 8, Somalia's defense minister said that "intelligence reports" indicated that Hammami had been killed in fighting between al-Shabaab and government forces. At that time, the FBI sais that it could not confirm the report. |
| Posted by:ryuge |