What do you do when the U.S. government puts a bounty on your head?
In the case of a leader of the Somali militant group al Shabab, he made
his own offer: In exchange for information about Barack Obama, he would
give away http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda- ... 9Y2culYvoo" target="_hplink">10... camels, ABC News reports. The mock offer came in response to the U.S. government’s announcement last Thursday that it would pay a total of http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18353329" target="_hplink">$33 million in rewards for information leading to the capture of seven members of the al Qaeda-linked group, the BBC reports.According to Reuters, al Shabab's Fuad Muhammad Khalaf said: "Whoever reveals the http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/ ... 1E20120610" target="_hplink">hideout of the idiot Obama
will be rewarded with 10 camels, and whoever reveals the hideout of the
old woman Hillary Clinton will be rewarded 10 chickens and 10
roosters.” The statement was discovered by http://news.siteintelgroup.com" target="_hplink">SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant activity, Reuters reports.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/0 ... 65597.html" target="_hplink">Al Shabaab formally joined al Qaeda in February 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/0 ... 65597.html" target="_hplink">According to the Associated Press
the group counts a mix of conscripts, paid fighters, clan militias, and
ideologues. "It counts a few hundred foreign fighters among its ranks.
Most are drawn from other East African nations but a few have traveled
from as far afield as Pakistan and Chechnya," the AP writes.
The BBC noted that U.S. representatives were unphased by the al
Shabab’s mockery. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Johnnie Carson http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18394703" target="_hplink">dismissed the comment at a news conference. Carson added that “significant progress” had been made against the group, BBC reports.
