Portland: Another Terrorist Plot Courtesy of the FBI?

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Mohamed Osman Mohamud



The FBI knew Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, would attempt a terrorist attack in Portland, Oregon, and that the attempt would fail, because FBI agents had been assisting Mohamud every step of the way, even loading the fake bomb on the van for him. By Michael Tennant


Portland: Another Terrorist Plot Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Instigation? (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/crime/5313-portland-another-terrorist-plot-courtesy-of-the-federal-bureau-of-instigation)


Michael Tennant | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
29 November 2010

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MSNBC:
Bomb suspect to classmate: 'I hate Americans' (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40402994/ns/us_news-security/)
FBI: Ore. teen hoped to kill revelers at Christmas tree lighting ceremony



Interesting stuff on the Al-Shabaab and the Somali-based terrorist groups:


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Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Christmas Tree Bomber

Analysis: Somali Terror Suspects Multiplying in U.S. (http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8024/pub_detail.asp)

Family Security Matters
November 29, 2010


In a statement that came as no surprise to U.S. security and law enforcement experts in January 2010, the Somali-based Muslim terrorist group Al-Shabaab announced that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's global terrorism campaign.

U.S. law enforcement nailed a Somali national after he attempted to blow up an improvised explosive device at a Christmas tree lighting celebration at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon.



Police admit al-Shabaab recruiting Kenyan youth (http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police%20admit%20al%20Shabaab%20recruiting%20Kenya n%20youth%20/-/1056/1062250/-/so3382/-/)


Daily Nation
November 28 2010



Somalia-based insurgent group al-Shabaab is recruiting Kenyans to join its ranks.

Police and Western intelligence agencies indicated that dozens of Kenyans were among foreigners who had joined al-Shabaab fighters after undergoing military training.