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December 9, 2015

I researched and wrote the article “The threat from ‘Minnesota men'” before the San Bernardino massacre, but the things I learned along the way may have some bearing on it. “Minnesota men” have been in contact with ISIS and sought to enlist in the...

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December 9, 2015

The Somali-American refugee who investigators believe helped inspire the attacks on Garland, Texas, and San Bernardino, California, has turned himself in to authorities in Somalia, according to reports. Mohamed Hassan, also known as "Miski" on...

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December 8, 2015

The FBI is investigating Mohamed Abdullahi "Miski" Hassan, a Minnesotan who faces federal terrorism charges, to see if he was in contact with the couple involved in last week's San Bernardino, Calif., terror attack before he turned himself in to...

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December 8, 2015

On the lam for nearly six years, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, an American fugitive suspected of “recruiting impressionable young men for terrorist groups including ISIS,” has surrendered to law enforcement officials in Somalia, the State Department...

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December 8, 2015

Mohammed Abdullahi Hassan, a Minnesotan who left America in 2008 to join the Shabab as a teenager, is believed to have tweeted under the name Mujahid Miski, allegedly using social media to recruit jihadists and incite acts of terrorism. Hassan was...

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December 7, 2015

“Mujahid Miski,” Notorious Jihadi Recruiter and Subject of Counter Extremism Project’s Constant Tracking, is in Custody in Somalia

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) applauded the arrest in Somalia of prolific jihadi propagandist and recruiter Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, a.k.a. “Mujahid Miski,” who created a broad social-media presence on Twitter and other social media platforms...

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December 7, 2015

A State Department spokesperson tells WCCO Muhammed Abdullah Hassan, known as Mujahid Miski online, turned himself in Somalia. The Roosevelt High School graduate returned to his native Somalia after high school in 2008, pledging allegiance to...

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December 7, 2015

Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, also known as Mujahid Miski, is now in the custody of the Somali National Intelligence in Mogadishu. Mark Wallace, CEO of the Counter Extremism Project, called Hassan the poster child for extreme, radical activity on Twitter...

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December 7, 2015

A Minnesota man, Mohamad Abdullahi Hassan who enlisted with al-Shabab in Somalia and promoted jihadist violence online has tu,rned himself in, officials said Monday. The nonpartisan Counter Extremism Project once called Hassan “one of the most...

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December 7, 2015

An American fugitive, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, known online as “Miski,” who officials say is suspected of recruiting impressionable young men for terrorist groups including ISIS and was linked to at least one domestic terror attack in the U.S., has...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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