For $50 and a cell phone you can own a Southerner for life

[MrPrestige]

Islamist Terror Group Recruits Members With $50 And A Cell Phone, Study Finds

By Nick Robins-Early
Thursday, October 02, 2014

The typical terrorist in Somalia was recruited when he was young, poor and afraid. In some cases, he just wanted $50 and a cell phone.

These are the findings of a new study published this week by the Institute for Security Studies, examining how the Somali extremist group al-Shabab
recruits new members. Through a series of interviews with 88 former recruits, researchers Anneli Botha and Mahdi Abdile have created a multifaceted
profile of the type of person who is prone to join Somalia's largest terror organization.

Notably, the vast majority of recruits were young. Ninety-one percent of those interviewed became radicalized before the age of 30, which is apt considering
al-Shabab means "the youth" in Arabic. The interviewees also tended to come from impoverished backgrounds, and to join al-Shabab as a career rather than
simply out of support for the group's cause. In almost all cases, recruits grew up in something of an ideological vacuum, with little to no education and no
exposure to belief systems other than Islam.

One member who joined the organization as a teenager told the researchers: "When you join, they give you a mobile phone and every month you get $50."


"This is what pushes a lot of my friends to join," he added.

Another interesting section of the study concerns the role of religion, with al-Shabab using Islam to promote a collective sense of identity, and making
membership synonymous with being Muslim. As the "identity of the organization becomes the identity of the individual," the study says, members become
more likely to support the group's cause.

Botha and Abile have done important work, and their study is worth a read if you want a better understanding of what drives some extremists. The research
appears to indicate that in many cases, there is no specific propaganda or belief that draws people to al-Shabab. Rather, it is the systemic dissolution of social
services, security and national identity in Somalia that is driving youths to radicalize.

http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2014/Oct/5 ... 5Cvga.dpbs

[Hodan94]

I dont see why your making fun of the situation, life in somalia is the whole survival of the fittest. Dont mock those less fortunate.

[MrPrestige]

It is a interesting find. I always knew southerners did not do it out of religion since obviously they lack basic understanding due to 2 decades of society breakdown
but because of a need. Working for Al shabab is a career for them.

[FarhanYare]

You beat me to it .

Back to the topic:

I knew they've must have been paying these kids a meager wages like $50 dollers to attract this kids to join and remain in the cult. Come to think about it i don't blame these kids,the $50 dollers a month could mean having 2 meals or 1 meal a day for a lot of them who are orphans. That's not to say is worth being the sacrificial lamb


There are alot of waqooyi kids in alshabaab btw.

[barbarossa]

I dont see why your making fun of the situation, life in somalia is the whole survival of the fittest. Dont mock those less fortunate.

Hodan, he cannot help it! The only way he can feel good about himself, he figured, is to put others down.

[MrPrestige]

FarhanYare Al Shabab is a southern problem, it is sad that they use your own kids to kill you remember that minister that got blown up by his own
niece. Maybe if Culusow focused more on feeding southern teenagers with the aid money he stole they wouldn't have turned to Al shabab for career.

[FarhanYare]

if that's the case, then why are northern youth taking the perilous tarxil journey on boat in the thousands?

[MrPrestige]

Boat has more chances than suicide bombing and besides you need money to get on a boat which indicates they do have money. Southerners
on the other hand are up for hire , $50 per suicide bombing. Sad, that is why there is so many assassinations and hitmen in South Somalia.
Hope it works out for ya'll.

[Hawdian]

In Wanlawein the kids are worth $50 and a cell phone while the women are worth $10 and a bag of apples.

So if you have $60, a cellphone and an apple tree you can own several Wanlawein of women and children

[lasanodboi]

Hawdian

How much did the Tigray pay for your ass ?

[Hawdian]

Lasanodboi,

How much is Hirsi Gaab paying all Dhulos naago ceeb? Every night he gets a new one and a horse

[TheblueNwhite]

Miskiin. Doesn't this idiot know that Idoor youth are part of Alshabaab? what a nacas.

Who was the idoor kid trying to blow himself up in Maka Al Mukurama? he sure was attracted to $50 and a cellphone.

Come up with something better to diss Southerners cawaan yahow. Idoor crossdressers and terrorists pointing fingers at others. Thanks for the laughs.

Call Faisal Cali Waraabe and dry his tears!

[MrPrestige]

Dumb Hutu do you see Idoor kids attacking Berbera, Burco, Hargeisa, Ceerigaabo etc if it is that easy to recruit them? Al shabab is a southern problem
and your people are easily hired to blow themselves up as cheap as $50 in Mogadishu, Beledweyne etc you name it. Now that is cawaaniimo when your
own hutu niece is hired to blow you up. Gaajo ba tihiin niyohow. No amount of fronting will hide the facts.



Which other group kills their relative over $50, only Hutus.

Somali interior minister 'killed by niece'
Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan dies after suicide bomb attack at his home, apparently carried out by relative, officials say.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/20 ... 24538.html

[Rambie]

Sorry bro .. I thought you are a real faqash

[TheblueNwhite]

GAAJO? how many Idoor children die on the Mediterranean sea every month? how are fighting alongside Fuad Shangole?

You must be on crack Idoor bimbo. Go feed your ppl, cuz they keep on running to the South like Santa lives here and is handing out X-mas gifts.

Idoor kids come to the South for $50 and a cellphone. Hard to swallow that huh! I know.