Omar Hammami, a wanted American jihadi fighter in Somalia, says he was the victim of an assassination attempt, which he proceeded to Tweet pics of. He said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after a bullet left the Alabama native with a neck wound. Omar Hammami posted on Twitter about what he labeled an assassination attempt late Thursday as he was sitting in a tea shop. He posted four pictures. In one of them, there is blood on his neck and all over his t-shirt. Hammami, one of the two most notorious Americans in overseas jihadi groups, moved from Alabama to Somalia and joined al-Shabab in about 2006. He fought alongside the al-Qaida-linked group for years while also gaining fame for posting YouTube videos of jihadi rap songs during that time. But Hammami had a falling out with al-Shabab over the last year amid signs of increasing tension between Somalis and foreign fighters in the group. He first expressed fear for his life in an extraordinary web video in March 2012 that publicized his rift with al-Shabab, and says he has received death threats. “Just been shot in neck by shabab assassin. not critical yet,” Hammami tweeted. On Friday he wrote that the leader of al-Shabab was sending in forces: “we are few but we might get back up. abu zubayr has gone mad. he’s starting a civil war.” Hammami has been a thorn in the side of al-Shabab after accusing the group’s leaders of living extravagant lifestyles with the taxes fighters collect from Somali residents. Another Hammami grievance is that the Somali militant leaders sideline foreign militants inside al-Shabab and are concerned only about fighting in Somalia. Hammami’s Friday comment about a civil war could refer to those differences. Al-Shabab slapped Hammami publicly in a December Internet statement, saying his video releases are the result of personal grievances that stem from a “narcissistic pursuit of fame.” The statement said al-Shabab was morally obligated to stamp out his “obstinacy.” Hammami has enemies on all sides. The U.S. named Hammami to its Most Wanted terrorist list in March and is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. Al-Shabab fighters are not eligible for the reward.
Cory Monteith has a message for all fans who never stopped believing: THANK YOU! Fresh from rehab , the actor sent gratitude to Glee followers everywhere this week via the following Tweet: “Sending out big love to everyone. Thank you for the continued support! It means the world to me! :)” Lea Michele, meanwhile, referred to yesterday as a “great day” and witnesses tell E! News that the couple has been reunited in Los Angeles. They were spotted together at the airport, reportedly “smiling the entire time” and “very happy.” We’re so glad!
‘Some of the rumors about me … where do people get this stuff,’ Bieber tweets. By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by Jocelyn Vena Justin Bieber Photo: Europa Press
My name is Camelia, I’m 16 years old and I live in Morocco (aka Narnia). I never ever, ever thought in a million years I would ever have the chance to see Justin. This summer, when the European tickets went on sale, I begged my parents to let me fly to France and attend the tour. I was supposed to get tickets to Believe Tour in Paris but guess what, luck was never by my side. The day of the concert was the day of a national exam that I had to take. I wasn’t able to get the tickets and I cried my little heart out. Luckily, I was on the internet one day and found a ticket to see Justin in Strasbourg (eastern France). I begged my parents and they quickly said yes. Justin changed my life, in ever single way. He saved me. I will never thank him enough for that. When I was planning to buy the tickets, I clicked on another site and saw, “VIP PACK MEET & GREET EXPERIENCE.” I was like, shit is gonna be $5000 but it was surprisingly not. It was around 400€ ($700) and because I had good grades, my parents got it. About 2 weeks before the big day, the company sent me a mail giving details about the meeting. We needed to be there by 4:45 p.m., and I was there by 2:30. I ended up going to France alone because none of my friends are crazy enough. I waited in line until 4:45 but to be honest time flew by because I met so many great people! When we came in, we checked in with security and we were the first 5 or 6 people. Ryan, some guy who works in Justin’s team, explained to us how it would work and he told us not to scream. He was so nice and friendly! Then, magic happened – DAN KANTER walks by. He is the most genuine and amazing person ever. He took the time to take a picture with every single person. When it was my turn, I told him I was from Morocco and spent like 5 minutes talking to him. Then, we finally got to meet the guy who changed my life. Then it was my time to meet Justin. I screamed, cried, couldn’t move. I stepped next to him and he was like, “Hi sweetie nice to meet you.” What do you answer to Justin Bieber telling you that? I said, “I came from Morocco just to see you,” and he answered saying, “Wow, that’s very nice and sweet,” as he touched my cheek! Security was pulling me and I was like, “Can I have a hug” and he tried to hold me when security was pulling me off. He was so beautiful, perfect, smelled so good, just words cannot explain. I loved every second of it. Then, it was time for the concert and we were directly next to the stage. I was next to Sofia and Carla, two beliebers I met and became friends with. The show comes on and the only thing I have to say is that I had the time of my life. Not exaggerating. I, for once, felt like I belonged somewhere, in the middle of all these beliebers singing ‘Out Of Town Girl.’ It was perfect, his voice sounds ridiculously good and he was so close to us, he even waved at Carla and I. We were between the tears and the fainting. He even sang Rack City by Tyga. When he sang “Believe” we all held “∞ Beliebers” signs which was flawless, every single person did it. Justin was perfect and I will never thank him enough for giving me the opportunity to live this experience. I will always remember this day as the most beautiful day I’ve ever had. Then I waited 10 hours standing in freezing Strasbourg for 3 seconds of “Hi” and “Bye” – but wanna know what? It was all damn worth it and I do not regret any second of it. Now, I’m sitting in my bed in this hotel room, my voice is broken and I’m still kinda excited thinking, man, I had the time of my life. Thanks Justin for everything, I love you. More: My name is Camelia, I’m 16 years old and I live in Morocco…
My name is Klara, a 17-year-old belieber from Belgium . I met Justin on April 10th and I still can’t believe that it all wasn’t a dream. You guys probably don’t need to hear all this, but I’m going to tell it anyways. It all started on April 9th. Shopping with a friend, joking around about what we’d do if we’d win a meet and greet with Justin Bieber, when my phone started freaking out. I kept getting tweets from Alexis telling me to “get online and reply her,” telling me she won me A MEET AND GREET. It was as if everything around me froze. I forgot to breathe and then I just started bawling my eyes out. Note that I was shopping so I was crying in public *shrugs*. I realized my dream would be coming true and it was only a day away. On April 10th, we went to the arena at noon. We had to be at the M&G at 4 but we just couldn’t stay home any longer. We tried to get info of where we had to be for our meet and greets, but no one seemed to know a thing. We just wandered around until we found the back stage entrance and someone from Justin’s crew came to talk to us telling us we had to wait there. Hours passed, it wasn’t until 6pm that we suddenly saw a door open. Kenny was popping his head out shouting, “I LOVE BELGIUM” and disappearing again. After that, they finally let us in. When they did, our names weren’t on the list and I could just feel my dream being ripped to pieces. We had to wait until everyone already entered and then they fixed the mistake and we got in after all. I swear those awaiting minutes were the scariest of my life. Once we were inside, we had to wait for another 2 hours because apparently Justin hadn’t arrived yet. He was stuck in a traffic jam and couldn’t make it until 8 pm. Suddenly we heard screaming, and we saw DAN FREAKING KANTER. He decided to come up to us and pass some time, as he was waiting for Justin as well. He just walked the line and took pictures with everyone, but I saw this as a chance of a lifetime and just started talking to him, which lead to a 15 minute conversation. He honestly is the funniest, sweetest most genuine person on this entire planet, I had so much fun. After we talked, he handed us his phone so we could type in our Twitter accounts and he followed us. When the news came that Justin had arrived in the building, everything just went by in a rush. We had to form little groups of four and get ready to meet him. People started coming out crying and yelling at the security out of anger because everything went so quick. They didn’t even let Justin hug them, and I started to get scared. When it was our turn, we got shoved into a little black room and I was looking for the white meet & greet screen, thinking the security would shove us into another room. Then I suddenly realized this one guy with the sunglasses and hat was way too small to be a security. I suddenly realized I was standing eye in eye with Justin Bieber, the person I love more than anything in this world. He licked his lips, smiled at me and then said, “Hi guys.” We asked him for a hug but security started shoving us next to him so he replied, “Looks like we’ve got to get this picture done first.” When the picture was taken, security started dragging us out already but Justin stopped them by saying, “No guys.. come in for a group hug first,” with the cutest smirk ever. We all hugged and as we were being pushed out I quickly told him, “I love you,” to which he replied “I love you too.” Before I even realized it we were out. We were ready for an amazing concert. The concert itself was amazing! You could tell by the sound of his voice that he was a little sick, but that didn’t keep him from performing as if his life depended on it. He joked around when bras were being thrown on stage. He also had the biggest smile on his face when he saw our “we will love you forever, as long as you love us” sheets and told us, “I will love you forever as well.” It was the most special moment. He still had to perform ‘Baby,’ but he just stood there. He stood at the end of the catwalk and looked at us for ten minutes straight. We screamed our lungs out and I’ve never seen him any happier. His jaw dropped in awe, you could see his lips form words “Wow” and “I love you.” It was a moment between us, beliebers and Justin. I have no words for the things I was feeling in that moment. I am so proud of our small country, Justin won’t forget us, of that, I am sure. People keep complaining about how short the meet and greet was, or about how Justin was late again, but honestly I am grateful. I am grateful because he took the time to travel to our small country, and spent two nights performing for us. This is something I’ve been dreaming of for 5 years. Thank you so much for this amazing experience Justin and Dan. I will be a belieber forever. -Klara (@blazingbiebers) Read this article: My name is Klara, a 17-year-old belieber from Belgium. I met…
If you follow Miley Cyrus on twitter and I sure as hell hope you don’t…because despite being over 18, legal and tight bodied, following her every move is just fucking weird, you can just let me follow her for you, you know since I can pretend my masturbating to her tight body is for business. That said, she’s been up on all the mainstream rappers and producers lately. I’m talking songs with Snoop and Will.I.Am. Tweets to with French Montana and Pharell. She’s even started a twerk team, in some tween identity crisis cuz she didn’t have a childhood and lives a sheltered existence weirdness. Well now, she’s wearing one of Pharell’s clothing company’s shirts. Making me think her obsession with the darker skinned side of the music industry, is getting creepy. That’s like me only masturbating in my Miley World Tour shirt from 5 years ago that is 4 sizes too small because it was the only one I could find on Ebay, only more public. That said…check out those hot red lips….Erotic.
My name is Dara and on the 18th of February I met Justin Bieber. It was absolutely, positively the best day of my entire life. I remember exactly when it was announced that Ireland was part of the Believe Tour. I was staying at my nanny’s with my cousin Amy and she woke me up at half 8 and read a text. I honestly thought a family member had died (knock on wood) by the look on her face. We were both so shocked, happy and excited. Me, Amy and her two friends payed for the BieberFever membership so we could get the pre-sale tickets. I remember having a week to try and save up 100 Euro for the ticket. The night before I was crying and couldn’t sleep because I was so worried we wouldn’t get tickets. We ended up being very lucky and got standing tickets! On the 15th of December, Amy called me telling me there were still tickets available for the 18th of February so I rang my mam and begged her could I go and she let me. It really couldn’t get better, or so I thought. On the 16th of February, Amy, her two friends Nicole and Rebecca, and I camped outside the 02 arena where Justin would be preforming the next night. During camping, Scrappy came out to talk to everyone camping and then he tweeted about us! We waited outside the arena for 17 hours, it was horrible. It was so cold and I only got 2 hours sleep, but none of that mattered because WE GOT FRONT ROW in standing. I actually couldn’t believe it, the only thing between me and Justin Bieber was a barrier. During ‘Out of Town Girl,’ Justin got the camera and recorded all of the front row. I remember looking up and seeing him right there, looking through the lens pointed at me. Also during ‘Beauty and A Beat,’ Justin touched my hand! Words just can’t describe the feeling. When we got back to Amy’s we were so tired so I went to the bathroom to take my make up off. Amy came in the room crying and I thought like she deleted all the pictures or something. Then she said, “Dara, I won a meet and greet, Dara, we’re meeting Justin!” I just kept saying, “No, no we can’t be, stuff like that doesn’t happen to people like us.” I checked the mail and it was true, we were meeting him the next day! We waited for about 4 hours in the line. I met Dan, Kaili, and saw Kenny and Luke. We walked in and two girls got beside Justin, but I walked straight over to him, put my hands on his waist and said, “Can I get in here?” and he was like, “Aw, I’m sorry you can’t.” After the picture I tried to give Justin a hug, but the security was pulling me and I was begging Justin and he said, “Of course you can,” and pushed away the security guards hand and hugged me. I started to breakdown before I even left the room and when I did leave, my legs collapsed and I couldn’t stand. I just sat there crying so much I couldn’t believe it. It was honestly the best experience of my life, I can’t explain how much it meant to me. I love Justin so much, and it was just the best thing to ever happen to me -@kidrauhlakalife (far left) Originally posted here: My name is Dara and on the 18th of February I met Justin Bieber….
I’m Maya, I’m 16 years old and I am from Atlanta, Georgia! But recently, I moved to Dallas, TX with no hopes in meeting Justin. This is My Bieber Experience. It happened October 29, 2012, and it’s a pleasure to share it with everyone! It all started when my friends began to tweet my hash-tag #BiebsMeetMaya. I was hopeless in meeting Justin and I just wanted to go to the arena and meet him on my own. I didn’t feel I deserved to have a hash-tag, and to this day, I still don’t believe I deserved it. A couple of days before the day of my concert (Dallas, Texas) the #BiebsMeetMaya hash-tag trended at number one on Twitter for two days straight! I bawled my eyes out to my parents, feeling like I had a sense of hope. I finally believed that I was actually going to meet my idol. Finally, I woke up the day of my concert around 5 a.m., ready to go to the arena and wait outside for Justin. I got all dressed up and dolled myself up, so I could look good, just in case I actually did end up meeting him! Normally I’d just throw on a pair of leggings, a flannel and walk out of the house, but that day, October 29th, it was special for me. My mom was running late, acting as if meeting Justin wasn’t important to me and we ended up leaving for the arena at 11 a.m. While I was in the car on the way to the arena I got a call from @BieberSergeant. I knew that every time she physically called me on the phone that it was important. I answered to find out that I was meeting Justin! I kicked and screamed, almost causing my mother to get in an accident on the road. I checked my phone to see that Scooter had tweeted my trend! I began to not breathe correctly. A few minutes later, Steve (@sb_projects) told me to check my DMs and it was all of the information I needed in order to meet Justin. Waiting for the concert to begin was so fun and I got to hang out with so many beliebers. We sang songs by the buses, created signs, and threw Oreos at the bus that Alfredo had been on. It was actually one of the most fun filled days of my life. Around 4:30 p.m., I went to the box office to pick up my ticket and M&G wristband. That’s when I saw Kenny for the first time. I introduced myself, and he did the same. We shook hands and his hands were so soft. I felt like I was with another family member. He directed me into the M&G line. There, I waited with my mom in the M&G line when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see none other than ALFREDO! He said to me, “Are you Maya?” I began to freak out because I was really looking forward to meeting him. I gave him a couple of letters that some fans gave me and we talked for awhile. Earlier that day, I ran around outside of the arena, asking beliebers if they had any letters for Justin, so when I got closer up in the line, I gave one of the guys in Justin’s crew all of the letters I collected that day. I kid you not, there were about 50 of them. They looked at me as if I were insane. The curtain of the M&G opened and before my eyes I saw Justin smile at me as I handed the letters to the man. I walked through the curtains, saying hello to Justin’s camera man, Mike, then I turned around to finally say hello to Justin. He shot me a smile, gripping his arm around my waist, pulling me in for the photo, as the other 5 people moved into the curtains for the picture as well. I felt like I was in a fantasy, as the photo had been taken. I don’t remember much of that part. I started to freak out, thinking I blinked, or that I was too busy looking at Justin during the picture. After the photo was taken, I remembered everything so clearly. I remember the security rushing everyone out and Justin trying to talk to me. I remember looking into his eyes and almost dying at the view. They were full of innocence and care. “Thank you so much for coming. I hope you enjoy the show!” He murmured to me. Finally, he let go of me, allowing me to walk out. Security yelled at me, due to staying in there a little longer than everyone else, but it was worth it. Afterwards, I met up with Kenny again and took a picture with him. He told my mother that I deserved to meet Justin and that I was a very hard working individual and that I was a great person. It made my day to hear someone I looked up to tell my own mother that. Knowing I only had one ticket, I asked for an extra for my mother. We had spent $600 on nosebleed seats and I didn’t want to be on the floor, separated from her. Knowing that my phone was about to die, I asked Kenny for another ticket. He smiled and nodded his head, “Yes.” While he went to get another ticket for my mom, I sat and talked with Alfredo. We had so much fun, talking about the things that went on Twitter! Unfortunately, I didn’t get a photo with him because I was way too excited. Kenny came back with my ticket and it was time for me to leave out. Normally, they cut everyone’s wristbands and make them throw away, but Justin’s crew allowed me to keep mine for memory sake. I almost walked out of the front door of the arena, and there, hundreds of girls threw themselves at the window. I looked behind me and realized that Justin was still there, meeting a Make-A-Wish family. He was so kind to them. He had been so cute with the kids. Seeing him with that family made my day. Kenny knew that if I walked out of that door, I’d get jumped by all of those girls, so he took me out of another door. I was grateful he did that for me. I stood outside of the arena, reflecting upon everything that had happened before the concert started. I was beyond grateful for everything that happened. I realized that I was actually happy. I hadn’t been happy for awhile, but my friends and Justin’s crew worked together to make my dreams come true. At that very moment, I took the time to tweet: “I MET JUSTIN BIEBER!!!” and I got a reply from Scooter! I fangirled in front of my mom. Around 6, it was time to go into the arena for the concert. It was my first time ever seeing Justin live. I put my phone down so that I could take in my full concert experience. He often grabbed my hand, sang to me, and it felt good to be near the stage. The concert was over and I got home to see all of my friends congratulating me and asking what happened. I explained everything to see Alfredo tweet me. I freaked out because I never thought Alfredo would notice me! But the tweets from my favorite people weren’t done coming. I finally decided to go to sleep, only to see that Justin had tweeted me a smiley face. My username used to be @glorybieber, but someone stole it for me. To sum this up, I’m @renownedbieber and I’m just beyond thankful that this experience happened for me. It will have be smiling for a lifetime. Please don’t give up on meeting your idol! I did it with lots of hope and prayer! Remember that things may not work out in the beginning, but if you keep dreaming, it will happen, someday! BELIEVE! -@renownedbieber Go here to read the rest: I’m Maya, I’m 16 years old and I am from Atlanta,…
Justin Bieber has some songs that are really great for an acoustic cover and Be Alright is one of those. Hope you like it. Twitter @JaxnTweets “Be Alright” o… http://www.youtube.com/v/6Fc2yokiJ2o?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Continued here: “Be alright” Justin Bieber live acoustic cover – Jackson Odell (JAXN)
Another day, another case of celebrity swatting. Justin Timberlake is the latest victim of the stupid trend that somehow won’t die, as idiots with too much time on their hands called 911 today and claimed a crime was taking place at JT’s residence. The caller told an operator that four African-American men entered Timberlake’s house and that two shots were fired. When the LAPD showed up, no one was on the premises. Other recent Swatting victims include Diddy and Rihanna . No word yet on whether Jaime Lynn Spears was behind the incident, following her random Tweet today at Justin .
