Jihadis on the March

From a report I'd earlier noted, the New York Times finally reports that 700 jihadis from Somalia had participated in Hizbullah's war with Israel in Lebanon.

Jihadis are getting on the job training, and the war in Lebanon will likely prove useful for the jihadis back in Somalia and elsewhere in the world as they're able to translate the skills learned on the battlefield for other terror operations and open conflict with regimes that might try to stand up against the jihadi onslaught.

An official at the Israeli mission to the United Nations said he had not seen the report, and was not aware of any Somali fighters having taken part in the conflict with Hezbollah. The official asked not to be identified, citing diplomatic protocol.

While the sources of the information remain unclear, the report is dense with details about arms shipments to the groups vying for power in Somalia.

It states that in mid-July, Aden Hashi Farah, a leader of the Somali Islamist alliance, personally selected about 720 combat-hardened fighters to travel to Lebanon and fight alongside Hezbollah.

At least 100 Somalis had returned by early September — with five Hezbollah members — while others stayed on in Lebanon for advanced military training, the report says. It is not clear how many may have been killed, though the report says some were wounded and later treated after their return to Somalia.

Cross training terrorists. Lovely thought.

The world's failure to pay attention to failed states over the past two decades will be coming back to haunt the world in spades.