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12 Jul 2011, 2:21 pm
Circuit’s decision in al-Maqaleh, notably, will not necessarily control the outcome even if this case ends up in that circuit. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 7:02 pm
RUTH WEDGWOOD: Obama’s Prison Hulks and Al Shabab: The Complications of the Law of War. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 9:24 am
Warsame is accused of having provided material support to the radical Somali Islamic group Al Shabab and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 8:16 pm
He was convicted on counts including conspiracy to kill overseas (18 USC 956(a)), conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism (18 USC 2339A), attempted provision of material support to al Shabab (18 USC 2339B), and conspiracy to use a firearm in connection with those offenses (18 USC 924). [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 9:22 am
Warsame is being charged with nine counts related to supporting al Qaeda and al Shabab and the case will be tried in a civilian court in the Southern District of New York. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 7:47 am
Thus mere membership in al Shabab, or material support to al Shabab, presumably is not enough to bring particular persons within the AUMF’s scope. [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 12:31 pm
So, is al-Shabab sufficiently linked to al Qaeda to be part of it? [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 7:58 am
Al Shabab is most obviously a domestic Somali insurgent group, and its links to Al Qaeda are, at least from what one can glean in the open literature, uncertain at best. [read post]
Warsame and the Obstacles Associated with the Military Commission Option in this Particular Instance
6 Jul 2011, 7:49 am
The charges themselves require no evidence that would tend to prove that Warsame’s conduct linked to al Shabab or AQAP in a manner that involved hostilities against the US in particular (or its coalition partners). [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 6:56 am
Al Shabab is most obviously a domestic Somali insurgent group, and its links to Al Qaeda are, at least from what one can glean in the open literature, uncertain at best. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 11:01 pm
They said his detention was justified by the laws of war, but declined to say whether their theory was that the Shabab are covered by Congress’s authorization to use military force against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; whether the detention was justified by his interactions with Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch; or something else. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 9:36 pm
The Obama Administration describes him as a militant with ties to AQAP and al Shabab, and says he was designated an "important target. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 3:25 pm
” (emphasis added) Warsame now faces a variety of charges, including conspiracy to provide material support to al Shabab and AQAP (18 USC 2339B), actually providing such support, carrying a firearm in connection with a crime of violence (18 USC 924), conspiracy to teach the making of explosives (18 USC 842(p) – always an interesting charge), conspiracy to receive military-style training from a designated FTO (18 USC 2339D), and actual… [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 7:44 am
But it won’t be forced to do so, at least not so long as our operations against al-Shabab don’t involve holding al-Shabab members in military detention in a context triggering habeas review. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 11:53 am
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge won’t dismiss the indictment against two Minnesota women accused of funneling money to the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, saying their alleged conduct is not protected under the First Amendment. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 7:56 am
At the same time, he has more recently become part of al Shabab’s leadership as well. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 3:42 pm
A Newsweek article asked the question, " Did a Minneapolis Janitor Work for Al-Shabab in the Netherlands? [read post]
8 Jan 2011, 7:07 am
Today’s New York Times contains on AP report in which residents of southern Somalia recount how al-Shabab Islamist insurgents are enforcing a variety of oppressive measures, including a ban on unrelated men and women shaking hands as well as talking... [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 5:10 pm
Over in Somalia, the two largest militant groups, al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam, announced they are merging and "threatened attacks against the African Union peacekeeping force in Mogadishu as well as attacks in Uganda and Burundi. [read post]
11 Sep 2010, 8:06 am
And you may have heard that an idiot in Florida has been trying to decide whether or not he will burn hundreds of Qur’ans today.At the same time, Muslim fundamentalist armed movements akin to those that perpetrated 9/11, like the various permutations of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, or Al Shabab in Somalia or Boko Haram in Nigeria, just to name a few, continue to pose major challenges to human rights in Muslim majority societies and around the world. [read post]
