Al-Shabab
A view over the Kismayo sea-port as ships load with charcoal in Somalia on March 15, 2013. Kismayo has been fought over by multiple groups for over 20 years, most recently taken from Al-Shabaab by African Union troops and Somali forces in September 2012. The charcoal industry generates millions of dollars in tax revenue for whoever controls its export.
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These operations are intended to tighten Mogadishu's security because al-Shabaab resorted to terrorising residents and carrying out attacks since it was defeated in face-to-face confrontations
Although al-Shabaab was pushed out of Mogadishu in 2011, civil unrest and terrorism is common and insecurity is set to increase in the midterm
The monster responsible for all the sufferings we have experienced is... a club of wealthy traders from the Far East, Somalia [and] Kenya [as well as] politicians, our security officers and at least two sects of Al-ShababMore quotes »
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Reporte: 260.000 murieron en hambruna en Somalia
al oriente de Africa a finales del 2010 e inicios del 2011.El saldo fue empeorado ademas por el grupo extremista islamico al-Shabab, que prohibio entregas de alimentos en areas de Somalia sur-central que estaban bajo su control entonces. Esos mismos milicianos Read more »
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9 killed by gunman in Kenya, near Somali border
could have been in retaliation for military activity carried out by African Union forces, which Kenya is a part of, against al-Shabab militants in Somalia.Garissa lies near the border with Somalia and has suffered a string of attacks over the last 18 months Read more »
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16 killed in attack on Somalia's main court
Somalia -- A barrage of bullets and two car bomb blasts rattled Mogadishu yesterday when nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists stormed Somalia's main court complex, officials said, in a two-hour attack that shows the country's most dangerous militant group may Read more »
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US jury convicts 4 Somali men of terrorist support
City Heights neighborhood to raise money for the group.The other defendants were two San Diego taxi drivers, 36-year-old Basaaly Saeed Moalin and 56-year-old Issa Doreh, and 37-year-old Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud of Anaheim , whose financial transfer business Read more »
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7 killed in mosque attack in Kenya's east
in late 2011.Thursday's attack comes less than two weeks before Kenya holds nationwide elections on March 4. There are fears al-Shabab-affiliated militants may try to disrupt the election with attacks amid signs that politically-motivated attacks are increasing.A Read more »
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Woolwich attack: Murder suspect Michael Adebolajo appeared in Kenya court after arrest on Somali border
Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo appeared in court in Kenya three years ago, suspected of leading a group of Islamists trying to join terrorists in Somalia. He was held by police close to the Somali border with a brand of “radicalised” Muslim yo 7:01 PM from Mirror.co.uk Read more »
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Deadly Battles in Central Somalia Between Al Shabaab and Nomads
Beledweyne — Heavy fighting erupted on Thursday in central Somalia after Al Shabaab militants attacked nomadic communities, Garowe Online reports. Local reports say Al Shabaab militants "killed a number of nomads" in a village approximately 50km west of from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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UK spy services under scrutiny over death
AFP Britain's intelligence services have come under pressure to explain how they let two Islamic extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in the streets of London slip through their net. Both of the men, under armed guard in London hospitals af from Sydney Morning Herald Read more »
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Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
LONDON -- Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings. And a British government official said one of the men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the terror grou from Miami Herald Read more »
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Afghanistan Comes to London
After telling the story of Mohammed's boast that he would make the mountain come to him, only to be forced to go to it, Francis Bacon observed, "If the mountains will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain." Americans, Englishmen, Frenchm from The New Media Journal Read more »
