Aid group volunteer Nima Ali Yusuf, a Somali native, charged in San Diego with aiding and recruiting for al-Shabab

 Nima Ali Yusuf, a 24-year-old permanent resident of the U.S.,¹ sometimes worked as a volunteer for San Diego-based African relief group which collects and sends clothes to Somalia.² She is charged with conspiring to provide personnel and money to al-Shabaab,³ and lying about sending money to Somalia.² The al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab is listed as a terror group by the U.S.² Yusuf is the fourth Somali native in San Diego this month to be charged with aiding the Somali terror group after three men were arrested earlier.³ 

Sources: 1. AP, 2. BBC, 3. San Diego Union Tribune

[It seems likely that Yusuf was seeking to infiltrate the aid group to explore the possibility of using it as a front group to support terror.]