An American-born jihadist in Somalia has said in an online video that he fears his fellow al-Shabab militants may kill him over a difference of opinion.
Omar Hammami, who grew up in the southern U.S. state of Alabama and now is known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, is shown in a black robe and white head scarf, in front of a black flag. In a mix of Arabic and English, Hammami says that he fears his life may be in danger due to disagreements with his comrades over Sharia law and strategy.
Hammami is an American citizen who was indicted in Alabama in 2007 and 2009 on federal terrorism violations. He is accused of leaving the U.S. to join the Somalia-based, al-Qaeda affiliated, al-Shabab, which the U.S. has named as a terrorist organization. VoA
Somalia has been in a state of constant civil war with Al-Qaeda backed Islamists since the 1993 Clinton retreat from the country following a battle in which Army Rangers and Delta Forces defeated a vastly numerically superior force.
Since then, Somalia has been a proving ground for wannabe Islamist Terrorists wishing to prove themselves.
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