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Born in Mogadishu, Somalia Mohammed Abdullah Warsame (b. 〔Affidavit of Ktann Vandenover, in support of pre-trial detention. February 2004〕) is a Canadian citizen who was arrested in 2003 by American police (FBI) in Minneapolis who accused him of attending an Afghan training camp and fighting alongside Taliban forces in the country,〔United States House of Representatives, Small Business Committee, (Testimony of Janice L. Kephart ), November 17, 2005〕 and charged him with conspiring to provide support to terrorists.〔 ==Life== Warsame emigrated to Canada from Somalia in 1989.〔〔 In 1995 he married American Fartun Farah in an arranged marriage.〔Pulse of the Twin Cities, "(Mohammed Warsame Detained in Secrecy for One Month )"〕 While she lived in Minneapolis, Warsame continued to live and work in Toronto; twice travelling to the United States for a three-month period to stay with his wife.〔 In 1998, a daughter named Maryam was born to the couple.〔 From 2000-2001, Warsame said he was intrigued by the "utopian"〔 society he had heard existed in Afghanistan, and travelled to the country where he attended two Afghan training camps using the kunya name ''Abu Maryam''.〔〔 He is accused of having sent $2000 to a militant he met at one of the camps and teaching English in the camps and at a nearby medical clinic.〔〔 He is additionally said to have fought Northern Alliance troops twice to stabilise Taliban control of the country, and to have eaten meals with Osama bin Laden.〔Minnesota Public Radio, ( Legal experts question secrecy around Warsame case ), February 4, 2004〕 In early 2001, Warsame asked a militant leader if the organisation would pay to bring his wife and child over from the United States, but he was informed that he was being asked to leave, and they would pay his April airfare to return to Canada.〔MacLeon, Ian. Ottawa Citizen, "(The warning lights were all blinking red )", February 23, 2008〕〔 He reported that he "grew disillusioned" with the militants, and returned home.〔 The following year he moved to the United States permanently with his wife and daughter, and enrolled at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, where he also tutored computer science students.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mohammed Warsame」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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