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title: "14 charged with aiding Somali terrorist group al-Shabab"
description: "The American government announced on Thursday that it arrested fourteen people on charges of supporting the Somali terrorist organisation al-Shabab. Attorney General Eric Holder said that all but one of the arrested are American citizens of Somali descent, and were part of a \"deadly pipeline\" that has provided money and fighters to al-Shabab. The charges in Minnesota, Alabama and California point to a disturbing trend of increasing support for terrorism within the United States, Holden said. He also said that there was no evidence of a direct threat on the US from al-Shabab, but that attacks, like the one carried out in the capital of Uganda on the evening of the World Cup final, gave pause. Read more: The Washington Post , Newsweek blog , Bloomberg News , The LA Times and the AP"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-05-14-charged-with-aiding-somali-terrorist-group-al-shabab/"
published: "2010-08-05T21:43:43"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:05"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# 14 charged with aiding Somali terrorist group al-Shabab

> The American government announced on Thursday that it arrested fourteen people on charges of supporting the Somali terrorist organisation al-Shabab. Attorney General Eric Holder said that all but one of the arrested are American citizens of Somali descent, and were part of a "deadly pipeline" that has provided money and fighters to al-Shabab. The charges in Minnesota, Alabama and California point to a disturbing trend of increasing support for terrorism within the United States, Holden said. He also said that there was no evidence of a direct threat on the US from al-Shabab, but that attacks, like the one carried out in the capital of Uganda on the evening of the World Cup final, gave pause. Read more: [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080503683.html), [Newsweek blog](http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/08/05/two-minnesota-women-raised-money-for-terrorists-feds-say.html), [Bloomberg News](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-05/fourteen-accused-by-u-s-of-aiding-somalia-based-terror-group-al-shabaab.html), [The LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sc-dc-terror-indictments-20100805,0,1145248.story) and the [AP](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDxp9KUfH1llbdveMhTPu41UWyJwD9HDFQ086)

By Andy Rice · Published 5 August 2010, 23:43 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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