It focuses on recruitment of Somali - Americans by group with al Qaeda affiliates . Hearing highlighted case of the first suicide bombing by a naturalized U.S. citizen . -- There is an increasing threat of homegrown terror stemming from segments of a deeply isolated and alienated Somali-American community , a U.S. Senate committee hearing concluded Wednesday . It is a story of ` ` ' experience '' and ` ` experience , '' official says .
It focuses on recruitment of Somali - Americans by group with al Qaeda affiliates . Hearing highlighted case of the first suicide bombing by a naturalized U.S. citizen . It is a story of ` ` ' experience '' and ` ` experience , '' official says .