MINNEAPOLIS -- Abdi Mohamed Nur, a 20-year-old Somali-American, reportedly left his family in Minnesota to travel to Syria to join and fight alongside the Islamic State (formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS) last month. Earlier this month, the FBI’s office in Minneapolis said Nur and about 15 other
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Young members of the Somali-American community are disappearing in growing numbers, and the FBI is now investigating whether they’ve gone to fight in foreign wars.

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Issa Mansaray is a former Associate Editor for MintPress. Mansaray has traveled through Africa, Europe, and the U.S reporting on press freedom, politics, and human rights violations for over 15 years. Mansaray has also worked as a reporter, correspondent, and contributed to various national and international media outlets, including BBC Network Africa, New African Magazine, and The WorldPaper.