Indictments Stir Fear, Relief For Somali-Americans

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 07/14/2009 - 10:01pm

Somali-Americans in Minneapolis are relieved that authorities may be close to revealing who they believe is behind the recruitment of young men from the U.S. into a Somali terrorist group.

But "we are scared that the recruiters can be anywhere in our community and we don't know them," says one community leader.

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