US Drone Strike In Somalia Kills Arab Al Qaida Members

Posted on 2012/02/27 by Florian Flade

Al-Qaida member “Abu Ibrahim” from Morocco was killed in Somalia drone strike

On Saturday a US drone fired missiles at a convoy carrying Islamist militants about 60km south of Mogadishu. Several foreign Jihadis were said to have died in the airstrike. Local residents reported four Al-Shabaab fighters became victims of the drone strike, among them a white Kenyan Jihadi named “Akram.

A member of a Jihadi Internet forum now confirms the identity of those who were killed by the US drone. According to the Internet posting two foreign Islamist and a Somalia militant became “martyrs” in the missile strike. A Moroccan national named “Abu Ibrahim” is among the dead.

“Abu Ibrahim” who was featured in a video released by Somalia militant group “Al-Shabaab” in 2011, allegedly grew up in a neighborhood of Cassablanca and first got involved with Al-Qaida during a stay on the Arabian Peninsula. Later he joined Al-Qaida in Iraq under the command of Abu Musab az-Zarqawi before returning to Morocco.

Be Prepared When Disaster Strikes

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Getting Prepared for the worst

Do you have enough food and water to survive a week if the SHTF? Did you know that in a major disaster it could take less than 3 hours for the supermarkets to be completely emptied out? It is recommended that you have enough food and water to last 72 hours, but in a major disaster you will need much more than this. Try to store extended shelf life foods (canned foods are the easiest) that do not require water to prepare and food that can be easily rotated into daily use as they approach the freshness date. Store plenty of water, at least 1 gallon per person per day for drinking. If you have an extra bathroom immediately fill your bathtub with water or fill a water bob as soon as a major disaster strikes, this water can be used for cleaning, bathing and for the toilets. If you have a lot of storage room or a yard, filling clean plastic trash cans with water could also be helpful.

US Special Forces now fighting the LRA in four African countries

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February 24, 2012

By JOSEPH FITSANAKIS | intelNews.org |
American troops fighting one of Africa’s most notorious rebel groups are now officially stationed across four African countries, a move that highlights the expansion of Washington’s military presence in the continent. Last October, the administration of US President Barack Obama announced the deployment of 100 US Special Forces members to Uganda, to fight an insurgency group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Founded in the 1980s, the LRA is widely considered the world’s most brutal Christian terrorist group. Its leader, Joseph Kony, who is wanted along with four of his commanders by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, is seen as a prophet by his followers. Washington had initially said that the Special Forces members would act as “advisors” to the Ugandan government, which has sustained the majority of the LRA’s attacks over the years. But Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey, the US Special Operations’ senior commander for Africa, said on Wednesday that, in addition to Uganda, American forces are currently stationed in military bases in Nzara, South Sudan, Obo, Central African Republic, and Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Speaking to Western reporters on the telephone, Rear Admiral Losey said that counterinsurgency activity directed at the LRA “will increase in frequency” during the spring and summer, and hinted that the Christian rebel group would soon be forced to go on the defensive. It is important to note that this official acknowledgement does not mark the beginning of Washington’s military involvement in activities against the LRA. In 2009, The New York Times revealed that the US Department of Defense assisted in the planning of a major offensive against the LRA. The paper alleged that the operation had been “personally authorized” by the then US President George W. Bush, who had also commanded the Pentagon to provide Ugandan forces with satellite communications, intelligence data and “$1 million in fuel”.

Muslims Plan “Parallel Parliament” In Switzerland

by Soeren Kern at Stonegate Institute:

A growing immigrant population determined to avoid assimilation.

Leading Islamic groups in Switzerland are seeking to establish a single national representative body that will enable all of the country’s Muslims to “speak with one voice.”

The organizers say their new “parliament” will be called “Umma Schweiz” and be based on the principles of Islamic Sharia law. The headquarters of the organization will be located in Basel with “representatives” in all 26 cantons (or “states”) of Switzerland. The first “test vote” of Umma Schweiz will be held in the fall of 2012; the group will be fully functional in 2013.

Ummah, an Arabic word that means “nation,” refers to the entire Muslim community throughout the world. In recent years, Muslims have stepped up efforts to unify the globally fragmented ummah in an effort to revive an Islamic Caliphate or empire. Many Muslim scholars view the political unification of the ummah as a prerequisite to the consolidation of global Muslim power and the subsequent establishment of an Islamic world order.

Swiss analysts say the initiative is an effort to establish a “parallel” legislative body in Switzerland that will be a mouthpiece for Islamic fundamentalists who are seeking to impose Sharia law on the country, according to an exposé published by the newspaper Basler Zeitung.

Umma Schweiz is being spearheaded by two of the leading Muslim groups in Switzerland: the Coordination of Islamic Organizations of Switzerland (KIOS), led by an Iranian; and the Federation of Islamic Umbrella Organizations in Switzerland (FIDS), led by a Palestinian.