U.S. fighter in Somalia says threatened by fellow militants
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - An influential American fighter for Somalia's al Shabaab rebels, who has in the past urged Western-based Muslims to join the group, has dismayed radical Islamists by saying his life is under threat from fellow guerrillas due to internal disputes.
Experts on Somalia said the video by Omar Hammami suggested splits over ideology and strategy were weakening al Shabaab, which joined al Qaeda in February and is fighting to topple Somalia's weak interim government.
Such a public disavowal by a serving member of an al Qaeda aligned militant organisation is highly unusual, and will be seen as a significant public relations setback for the movement.
In a video uploaded on Friday, Hammami, who goes by the name Abu Mansour al-Amriki, says: "To whomever it may reach from the Muslims, I am Abu Mansour al-Amriki....."
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I suggest we mount a rescue mission.
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