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– ABDUL MALIK ABDULJABAR

Mohammad Abdul Malik Abduljabar was born in Kenya in 1972 and is a Kenyan citizen. He was born in the Western town of Kisumu but was raised by his single mother in Mombasa, where he got his early schooling. Continue reading

– OMAR SAID OMAR

Omar Said Omar was born in Kenya in 1973. He was educated as a computer expert. In 1998 Omar Said Omar moved to neighbor Somalia where he opened in Kismoayo, on the Indian Ocean in South Somalia, a lobsters fishing business. Continue reading

– ABU UBAIDAH AL-BANSHIRI

Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri was born in 05/1950 in Cairo Egypt. He joined the Egyptian police in the early 70s’. Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri was a devoted Muslim deeply influenced by the books of Sayyid Qutb, the mentor of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Continue reading

– SOMALI VIOLANCE

Somali police have arrested on 07/09/2007, during the evening prayers, an unknown number of people from a mosque in the capital, Mogadishu, while searching for insurgents following a grenade attack. Continue reading

– FAZUL ABDULLAH MOHAMMED

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was born in the early 70s’ in Comoro Islands. He moved to Nairobi, Kenya s’ capital and in 1994 became the secretary of Wadih el-Hage in the . That job, probably, linked Fazul Abdullah Mohammed later to Al Qaeda. Continue reading

– SOMALIA

Somalia is an independent country since 1960. Almost all the population is Muslim Sunnites. Somalia is still a tribal society where loyalty to the tribe comes before anything else. Continue reading

– SHEIK SHARIF AHMED

Sheik Sharif Ahmed is one of the leaders of the “Council of Islamic Courts” in Somalia. He was captured in the beginning of the the Ethiopian - Somali War in 12/2006 and kept in Kenya. Continue reading

– THE ETHIOPIAN-SOMALI WAR

The ungoverned places in the world are the safe haven for the Global Jihad. From areas like the remote mountains in Afghanistan or Yemen, in the vast tribal region between the borders of Libya, Chad, Algiers and Nigeria and in Somalia - terrorists found refuge and a place to recover and plan the next move. Continue reading
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