...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
s after establishing that they are active members of the IS-Somalia hard boys, a group that has continually caused chaos in Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
state.
The IS-Somalia hard boys, who are limited to Puntland's Golis mountains, have struggled to expand their territory after they clashed with al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
, an al-Qaeda-linked network that is plotting to oust the fragile UN-backed federal government of Somalia.
On Thursday, the court ruled that the six Moroccan nationals had joined IS-Somalia faceless myrmidons thus promoting terror in the Horn of Africa nation which has struggled with instability for the last three decades. Somalia is yet to stabilize due to insecurity and terrorism.
The judge in the Puntland region says the men came to Somalia to harm the lives of Moslems and Somalis, and to create mischief in the country. The landmark judgment confirms that terror groups particularly the IS-Somalia faceless myrmidons have been recruiting foreigners.
Earlier, the court heard that the accused were training with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
faction in Somalia in the Cal-Miskaat mountains. They were recruited at different times before graduating and subsequently, assigned duties within and outside the country.
The accused claimed they were haplessly misguided about training with the group and wanted to be deported to their countries, according to their lawyer. Moroccans also argue they surrendered voluntarily.
An Æthiopian - Ahmed Hussein Ibrahim and a Somali - Abdulkadir Jama Mohammed were sentenced to 10 years jail terms each for conspiring with the group. A ninth man was freed for lack of evidence.
Those convicted by the court include Mohammed Hassan, Ahmed Najwi, Khalid Latha, Mohammed Binu Mohammed Ahmed, Ridwan Abdulkadir Osmany, and Ahmed Hussein Ibrahim. Two Somali men are also charged with conspiring with IS Somalia. They denied the charges.
Somalia is actively fighting terrorism, with al-Shabaab and IS-Somalia suffering losses in various parts of the country. The government of Somalia is projecting that by December 2024, the faceless myrmidons would have been downgraded substantially.
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