Finland's Links to Al-Shabaab Terrorists

Finnish Links to al-Shabaab. Even still, the media doesn't get it. Look at the headline: "Finnish links." The links are not Finnish -- they are Muslim. They are jihadi. The rest is just geography. And semantics, of course. These are different divisions of the same army. "Al-Shabaab" is slaughtering in the name of the same ideology as al-Qaeda (arabic for HQ or CENTCOM), Hezb'Allah (party of allah), Hamas, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement," Al-Muhajiroun, MILF, Fatah, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Islamic Jihad, Armed Islamic Group, Sayyaf Group, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Caucasus Caliphate Jihad, the Chechen rebels, the Uighurs, Turkish Hezbollah, Abu Musab, Al-Faruq Brigades, Al-Harakah al-Islamiyyah fi al-arak); Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna; the Mujahideen of the Victorious Sect (Mujahideen al ta’ifa al-Mansoura); the Mujahideen Battalions of the Salafi Group of Iraq (Kata’ib al mujahideen fi al-jama’ah al-salafiyah fi al-‘arak); the Jihad Brigades/Cell; "White Flags, Muslim Youth and Army of Mohammed", Ansar al-Islam, Fatah al-Islam, Fatah al-Intifada, et al.

Police See Finnish Links to al-Shabaab YLE.fi hat tip Dan

The Security Police (Supo) has found links between the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab and individuals in Finland.

The Islamist extremist group is blamed for several terror attacks abroad.

According to Turun Sanomat and several other papers, Supo is keeping an eye on several dozen people who may have connections to al-Shabaab and other al-Qaida-style terror groups.

The head of Supo's anti-terrorism unit, Lasse Anttila, confirms there are people in this country who have maintained contacts with al-Shabaab.

Anttila says the Horn of Africa is a growing base for terrorism aimed against the West, and that it is the site of terrorist training camps. He says Supo are keeping track of possible connections between them and Finland. However, under Finnish law, participation in such camps is not a crime.
Turun Sanomat