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**FILE** A Somali Islamist militant patrols the streets of Mogadishu. Al-Shabab Islamic insurgents, with links to al Qaeda, last year looted two United Nations compounds in southern Somalia. The Somali capital sees almost daily attacks aimed at disrupting the weak government. (Associated Press)

Americans joining terrorist groups in Somalia

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

An American women lies injured in the emergency ward at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, on Monday, July 12, 2010, after bombs exploded at two sites in Uganda's capital late Sunday as people watched the World Cup final on TV. The blasts killed scores of people. (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)

74 die in two Uganda restaurant bombings

By Jason Straziuso and Max Delany - Associated Press

ONE AMONG SCORES: A Ugandan man is being treated for his injuries at a hospital after twin terrorist attacks killed 74 World Cup viewers and injured many more in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Al-Shabaab, which has pledged loyalty to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. (Associated Press)

Somali Islamists claim Uganda carnage

By Shaun Waterman and Benjamin Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda recruits in Africa

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A television crew broadcasts outside the North Bergen, N.J., home of Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, who was arrested with another terror suspect at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport late Saturday as he tried to board a plane bound for Cairo. Teams of state and federal law enforcement agents who have been investigating Mr. Alessa since 2006 took him into custody. He is scheduled to appear Monday in federal court in Newark, N.J. (Associated Press)

2 suspected jihadists nabbed at JFK Airport

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

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