Friends of Mohamoud Hassan got the call nine days ago that he had become the latest Somali-American from Minneapolis to die in his homeland. Buried the same day, they were told, was a companion who went by the Muslim nickname "Abdirahman."But "Abdirahman'' was not a Somali-American. The caller from Somalia described him instead as a "Caucasian American" who had fought alongside the Somali men who had come from the Twin Cities. Abdirahman may have been Troy Kastigar, a 28-year-old from Minneapolis who converted to Islam several years ago, went by that nickname and when last heard from told his mother he was in Kenya.
| Liars don't go to Paradise and get the seventy-two virgins or white raisins, y'know. Sorry, Mom. |