Somali militant faction al-Shabaab has issued a statement today publicly criticizing high-profile member Omar Shafik Hammami, an American jihadist who has repeatedly issued statements criticizing the group’s leadership.
Hammami, who also calls himself Abu Mansour al-Amriki, has been issuing jihadist-themed rap songs for years, and claimed earlier this year that less-hip members of al-Shabaab were plotting to kill him.
The statement rejects this claim, and insists Hammami is “narcissistic” and that his videos are motivated by his “pursuit of fame” rather than sincere support for the rest of the organization.
The FBI added Hammami to their list of “most wanted terrorists” last month, saying he is a threat to American interests. Other than rapping about wanting to “wipe Israel off the globe” it isn’t clear what, if anything, he actually does, however, and this statement suggests that al-Shabaab considers him more of an irksome distraction than a serious “operative.”
What a horrible misguided mess our interventions have produced in Somalia….. Think Black Hawk Down….. How OUR "Islamophobia" generated medaling has turned the country, even the area into a festering sore of murder and chaos….. I'd say the troubles there resemble the Iran Iraq war…….. but fortunately…. Sans the U. S. Agriculture Dept's generous billion dollar "loans" to Saddam for what were actually Chemical Munitions and the U.S. delivery of made in America precursors easily mixed into chemical weapons …… another one of OUR dirty little secrets,,,,
The "American Member" of the headline is Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki….. An American kid who is and raised in Alabama.. Try his Wiki page for a taste http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Mansoor_Al-Amrik…
If you want to get the story… In much of it ….. he is doing the talking and YOU are along for the ride
It's a hell of a story and ADVENTURE……… It has great insights… He is like an American Che in the Muslim world……… 41 Minutes of intrigue…. in this youtube docunentary Watch these American kids tell their own story…!!!
al shabbab is just upset that AU troops are getting in the ASS
If this guy is one of the FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists" and he's not making much of an effort to stay out of the public eye, why hasn't he been the target of a drone strike yet? The US government has known about the guy for months, but hasn't done anything about him? We murdered Awlaki for speaking out against the US, and he wasn't even a member of any terrorist organization, but this one is an avowed member of al-Shabab? Please, I'm seeing some serious disconnects here with what we say and what we do. Either he's not really a 'most wanted terrorist' or the entire Awlaki fiasco was a trial balloon sent up to see what the American public's reaction would be to executive murder, and they found out in spades.
Yea thats kinda fishy that a drone strike have not came close to a strike. US are to busy killing al qaeda in pakistan and yemen. I don think US takes al shabbab for real.