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A jury has found a man guilty of conspiring to steal a passenger jet and commit a 9/11-inspired attack under the direction of Somalian terrorist organization “al Shabaab.”Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was found guilty Monday on six counts including conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiring to murder U.S. nationals. Abdullah had sworn allegiance to Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mijahideen, the militant Islamist group commonly known as “al Shabaab,” based in Somalia, prosecutors said. He took part in a plot to hijack a commercial plane and crash it into a building in the U.S., reminiscent of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, prosecutors said. He also sent encrypted messages to his al Shabaab handler which included details on post-9/11 hijackings. On Monday, he was further convicted on counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to commit aircraft piracy, conspiring to destroy aircraft, and conspiring to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
Persons: , ” Cholo Abdi Abdullah, Abdullah, Harakat, al, Prosecutors, He’s Organizations: AK, Department of Justice, U.S, World Trade Center, FBI, NBC Locations: “ al Shabaab, Shabaab, al Shabaab, Somalia, U.S, Philippines, American, , Al Shabaab, al Qaeda, Jerusalem, Nairobi, Kenya, New York
CNN —Three people were killed and 27 people injured in a “terrorist attack” at a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace on Thursday, the country’s state broadcaster Somalia National Television (SNTV) has reported. According to SNTV, five armed gunmen attacked the SYL Hotel in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday night. All five were shot and killed by Somali security forces, SNTV cites Somali police as saying. While SNTV did not identify the organization behind the attack, Somali police spokesman Colonel Qasim Ahmed Roble told AFP that the assailants were from terrorist group Al-Shabaab. Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited injured victims of the attack at Erdoğan Hospital in Mogadishu on Friday, the state broadcaster said.
Persons: SNTV, Qasim Ahmed Roble, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, , Josep Borrell, , ” Borrell Organizations: CNN, Somalia National Television, AFP, Erdoğan, High, European Union for Foreign Affairs, Security, Somali, United Locations: Somalia’s, Mogadishu, Shabaab, Somalia, Somali, al, Al, United Nations
A photo of groceries strewn across a supermarket aisle that has been online since at least 2016 is being falsely claimed to show a Netto store in Paris in 2023. The posts were shared in the wake of widespread rioting across France, triggered by the police shooting of Nahel, a teenager of African descent (here). It can be traced to a February 2016 news report from Roodepoort, South Africa (here). The article says the image is from a Somalian supermarket that was ransacked by “community members of Davidsonville.” The story does not share further details about the store. Netto France and the Roodepoort Record blog did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Persons: Read Organizations: Netto, Facebook, Twitter, Reuters, Netto France Locations: Paris, France, Roodepoort, South Africa
“Our investigation found that the systemic problems in MPD made what happened to George Floyd possible,” the report states. Racial discriminationThe investigation also found that MPD officers disproportionately stop and use force against Black and Native American people. “We estimate that MPD stops Black people at 6.5 times the rate at which it stops White people, given their shares of the population. How the fatal arrest of George Floyd unfolded 04:33 - Source: CNNGarland outlined several incidents where MPD officers were not held accountable for racist conduct until public outrage surfaced. “For example,” Garland said Friday, “after MPD officers stopped a car carrying four Somalian-American teens, one officer told the teens, ‘Do you remember what happened in Black Hawk Down.
Persons: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd’s, General Merrick Garland, “ George Floyd, ” Garland, Chauvin, Floyd, , , CNN Garland, , , Department’s, Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, The Minneapolis Police Department, MPD, , Minneapolis, DOJ Locations: Minneapolis, Hawk
CNN —Six civilians and three security force members were killed in a late-night attack by militant fighters on a beachside hotel in the Somalian capital Mogadishu, state media report. Shattered window panes could be seen at the site of the attack, as well as blood stains and debris. Feisal Omar/ReutersAl-Shabaab is the largest and most active al-Qaeda network in the world, according to the US Africa Command. The group controlled a vast area of Somalia before being pushed back by government counteroffensives since last year, according to Reuters. US forces have conducted numerous strikes in Somalia that have resulted in dozens of Al-Shabaab casualties, including one that killed 30 Al-Shabaab fighters in January, and three others in February that killed a total of 24 soldiers.
Persons: ” SONNA, Omar, counteroffensives, Al Organizations: CNN —, Security, Pearl, Somali National News Agency, African Union, Reuters, US Africa Command Locations: Somalian, Mogadishu, Al, Shabaab, Lido Beach, Somalia
Top M&A bankers of 2022. That's why you could argue that this year's edition of "The Rainmakers" — Insider's annual list of the 20 M&A bankers who handled the largest deals of the year in North America — is more impressive than previous editions. What's interesting about this year's list is how it was made up of bankers almost entirely from the bulge-bracket. Check out our list of the top-20 M&A bankers who made the most during a difficult year for dealmaking. Jeff Bezos' $500 million yacht finally hit the open water.
She joined Bank of America in 1998 and is now a top private banker with $6.7 billion in client assets. Nalayeh told Insider how she built her book while raising a toddler as a single mom. Today, Nalayeh is a top advisor in the private bank with $6.7 billion in client assets as of December 2022, the bank said. The Los Angeles banker told Insider how she amassed her clientele of entertainment and tech millionaires. In 2000, she moved to the private bank in a customer service role, supporting private bankers with wire transfers, for instance.
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