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An American citizen who serves as a senior Shabaab military commander and propagandist mocked reports of his death in a song released on a jihadist website.

Omar Hammami, who is also known as Abu Mansoor al Amriki, released a nasheed, or Islamic song, on the Al Qimmah Islamic Network, a propaganda outlet for the al Qaeda linked Shabaab. The Long War Journal reported on March 15 that Hammami was not killed in recent fighting in Mogadishu as was claimed by Somali's defense minister on March 8.

In the clumsy, rap-styled song, Hammami glorifies death while waging jihad and asks to die like other notorious Qaeda commanders (the lyrics and audio are provided in full below).

"Send me a cruise like Maa'lam Adam al Ansari, And send me a couple of tons like Zarqawi, And send me a drone like Abu Laith al Libi, And Special Forces like Saleh Ali Nabhan," the opening chorus begins.

"Send me all four and send me much much more, I pray for that on my way to heavens door," the chorus continues.

Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, was killed by bombs launched in a US airstrike in Baqubah, Iraq in June 2006; Abu Laith al Libi, the leader of al Qaeda's Brigade 055, was killed in a US Predator airstrike in Pakistan in January, 2008. Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, the top leader of Shabaab and al Qaeda's network in East Africa, was killed during a US Special Operations Forces helicopter raid in Somalia in September 2009. The identity of Maa'lam Adam al Ansari is unknown, but Hammami claimed he was killed in a cruise missile strike. The US has launched cruise missiles at al Qaeda and Shabaab commanders in Yemen and Somalia.

Hammami has released similar propaganda in the past. In May 2010, Hammami appeared in another awkward rap-nasheed, titled "First Stop Addis." In that rap, Hammami also claimed he sought to die a martyr.

"My number one goal... die a shaheed," or martyr, he repeated constantly in his May 2010 rap.

Background on Omar Hammami

Hammami is a US citizen who converted to Islam and then traveled to Somalia in 2006. Once in Somalia, he quickly rose through the ranks, and now serves as a military commander. He is one of the many foreign commanders who hold senior leadership positions in Shabaab, which is al Qaeda's affiliate in East Africa. Hammami is one of 14 people indicted by the US Justice Department in August 2010 for providing material support to Shabaab.

Hammami also began appearing in Shabaab propaganda tapes. In one tape, released in May 2010, Hammami stressed that Shabaab's war is not confined to Somalia but is global in nature. "From Somalia and Shiishaan (Chechnya), from Iraq and Afghanistan, gonna meet up in the Holy Lands, establishing Allah's Law on the land," Hammami says in a chorus repeated throughout the song. In the tape, Hammami and others identify their enemy as the "salib," or crusaders.

In February, the Somali government, backed by Ugandan and Burundian forces in the African Union, as well as Ethiopia, launched an offensive against Shabaab. Somalia's President, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, claimed on March 7 that

Shabaab "is on the verge of collapse" after the terror group was driven out of several strongholds in the capital of Mogadishu as well as in the Gedo region on the Kenyan border.

The government claimed that Shabaab has lost more than 500 fighters during the offensive. But the African Union has suppressed information about heavy casualties to its own forces. On Mar. 4, it was reported that 53 African Union troops had been killed during the fighting. No estimates on the number of Somali troops killed have been released, however a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal that Somali forces have suffered heavy casualties during the current fighting.


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Send me a cruise like Maa'lam Adam al Ansari
And send me a couple of tons like Zarqawi
And send me a drone like Abu Laith al Libi
And Special Forces like Saleh Ali Nabhani

Send me all four and send me much much more
I pray for that on my way to heavens door
Send me four and send me more, that what I implore
An amazing martyrdom I strive for and adore

Start:

It's been decreed no matter what they try
Islam can't be martyred, defeated and it can't die
Regardless the Kuffar and the Munafiqeen,
Islams only got one choice and that is victory
Stand up heroes of Islam o Mujahideen
Keep moving forward for Allah's word to reign supreme
Respond to the calls of the oppressed and improvise
You've been promised two possibilities in life

It ain't do or die, it's do or paradise
Victory in this life or forever delight
You think we die but no it's a lie
In the bellies of green birds soaring through paradise
Our killed are in the highest place
While yours are in disgrace
Our killed roam their gardens and mansions
With the purest mates
So train those marines hard, one shot one kill
Headshots heart shots, for them it's a big thrill
A moment's joy, but me I'm filled with happiness
Meeting my Lord, faced forward to eternal bliss

There's nothing as sweet as the taste of a tank shell
But it could be compared to being where the mortar fell
But all that could be seen as tasteless
Compared to smart bombs falling when they don't miss
It was a beautiful day, when that predator paradise missile sent me on my way
A one way ticket with no stops or delays, no problems in the grave nor fear on that day
Or better yet send me a cruise, and send me on a cruise
Family rejoices at the news and follows me in what I do

You can't find someone more happy than a shaheed
He got everything but one thing he requests and pleads
To come back and fight and fight and be killed
And keep coming back and getting killed if only Allah willed
But we don't need that, the youth are coming and bold
Every martyr being replaced by 100 fold

So you must admit that you are falling fast
And need to act quick to submit or face more wrath
But if not don't fear we're coming forth
Generations taking Jihad as their favorite sport
Killing the oppressors and being killed in the process
The most beautiful end but how can I express
I profess and strive against those who oppress and transgress
I obsess not depress for martyrdom success


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You should seriously seek medical attention. You are mentally deranged and it's sad your next of kin are watching your ruin like this

Grandpakhaliif
Can I ask you, why do you support Al-shabab? what have they done for you personally? does supporting them make you a better muslim

On what basis is someone considered mentally ill? For not supporting the inviable TFG? I mean it is you who supports the subjagation of somalis ever since the advent of Ethiopians in Somalia. I mean you are proven to not be a muslim according to th e majority of the scholars because you believe man made laws are superior to Allah's laws. Atleast come up with some substantial proof to prove your case, your mediocrity is starting to bore me. You should focus on your speciality in debating about which primitive clan is superior to the other. I mean why do you continue to attack others when their view points are completely contradictiory to yours? Do you have some sort of self defense mechanism which activates when someone mentions the warriors who freed us from Ethiopian yoke? I don't appreciate the fact that many of the people here are neo-cons willing to subvert religion from our society. WOAH.

In this current age we have never seen a viable movement which successfully united all Somalis from every clan , nor have we ever seen a group that effectively isolates and dismembers WFP, UN and all other NGOs whose interest lies in the exploitation of the Somali people. I mean only a sane person would come to the conclusion that the last 15 conferences have failed and that those who are capable of capturing and governing the country should be allowed to maintain power. oh Roving bring some facts on TFG's meagre contribution to the land of Somalia. We all know what the boys have done.

Granpa go look for naive folks to lay your trap on if your snitching is based on performance measure I guarantee you you will not be paid for your activities in SNET.

Xamud. wrote:Grandpakhaliif
Can I ask you, why do you support Al-shabab? what have they done for you personally? does supporting them make you a better muslim

We know your agenda and your position, so I recommend you refrain from asking such questions.

The_Patriot wrote:Granpa go look for naive folks to lay your trap on if your snitching is based on performance measure I guarantee you you will not be paid for your activities in SNET.

Your accusations are fruitless, i mean some guy from Dhegaxbuur is going to tell me whether I am a snitch. So will I report you to Zenawi for supporting ONLF

The identity of Maa'lam Adam al Ansari is unknown,

They mean macalin ceyrow.
Idiots

I was just giving you a sincere advice. I personally don't care whether you support Al Shabab or not. One minute you are supporting Al Shabab to death calling everyone else murtad, the other minute you are a Sufi and calling Shabab Khawarij and defending them to the death; other times you are supporting Sharif and calling his opponents gaalo. It's not even that you supported different groups, it's the fact that you change sides so quickly that is alarming.

I remember that you once said you turned against Shabab because they killed your uncle, well what is your view of your uncle now? Do you think he deserved to be killed?

Bring your proof, I have been consistent for 6 months, that's hardly a quick change

grandpakhalif wrote:Bring your proof, I have been consistent for 6 months, that's hardly a quick change

Lol@6 months

Grandma, get a girlfriend dog.

grandpakhalif wrote:Bring your proof, I have been consistent for 6 months, that's hardly a quick change

Ok, bro. Good luck.

grandpakhalif wrote:Bring your proof, I have been consistent for 6 months, that's hardly a quick change

Granpa I am from Degaxbuur, I mean you learn one region of Ogadenia and you stick to it thinking we all come from it

Tell cumar Xamami to go to Dusam mareeb I guess your relatives will welcome him with open arms

Username1 wrote:

grandpakhalif wrote:Bring your proof, I have been consistent for 6 months, that's hardly a quick change

Lol@6 months

Grandma, get a girlfriend dog.

Lol
Girl with burqa.

Its better for grand to blow himself up amongst somali "murtaddiin" because 72 virgins are waiting for him.

HutuKing01 wrote:

Username1 wrote:

grandpakhalif wrote:Bring your proof, I have been consistent for 6 months, that's hardly a quick change

Lol@6 months

Grandma, get a girlfriend dog.

Lol
Girl with burqa.

Its better for grand to blow himself up amongst somali "murtaddiin" because 72 virgins are waiting for him.

Are you mocking the deen now? I mean you are have the nerve to call others murtads when you are worst then a kaafir by embracing rafadi doctrine. According to you whoever loves Abubakar Sidiq(RA) and Cumar Khattab(RA) and Uthman Bin Affan(RA) you consider them murtad. Learn some fiqh and Al bani's position on operations you idiot.