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FBI's Newest Most Wanted Terrorist Is From ... Alabama

'Rapping Jihadist' Omar Shafik Hammami believed to be in Somalia

By Liam Carnahan,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2012 10:05 AM CST

(Newser) – The latest addition to the FBI's most wanted terrorist list hits close to home. Alabama native Omar Shafik Hammami, 28, was indicted in 2007 for allegedly providing material support to terrorists and labeled a terrorist a year later, reports the LA Times. He was seen rapping in a recruitment video for al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab, which earned him the nickname "rapping Jihadist." Hammami traveled to Somalia in 2006, where he joined the group and quickly rose up its ranks. It's believed he's still there. Hammami joins four other US-born men who are on the FBI list.

In this Wednesday, May 11, 2011 file photo, American-born Islamist militant Omar Hammami, 27, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, speaks during a news conference held by the militant group al-Shabab.
In this Wednesday, May 11, 2011 file photo, American-born Islamist militant Omar Hammami, 27, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, speaks during a news conference held by the militant group al-Shabab.   (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
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HANKHILL
Nov 16, 2012 9:34 PM CST
find him and kill him!
793tango
Nov 15, 2012 6:05 PM CST
Poor guy...had to live in Alambama....couldn't stand it any more. Must have thought that EVERYONE in America is like those in Alabama.
HEMEROID
Nov 15, 2012 5:25 PM CST
Do you think that maby he has something to say?
 

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