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Al Qaeda in Iraq
US official: CIA aiding interrogations of terror suspects in Somalia
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Ugandan drones: this is how rumors get started
The Wall Street Journal claims that a Ugandan drone was used in a strike that injured two Shabaab commanders. Its reporting on the matter is erroneous.
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United States
Muslim activist in Minnesota struggles as one-man counter against lure of terrorism
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Al Qaeda
MI5 and police reduce UK terror threat from ‘severe’ to ‘substantial’
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Senior Shabaab commander rumored to have been killed in recent Predator strike
Ibrahim al Afghani fought in Afghanistan, traveled to Pakistan, is linked to top al Qaeda and Shabaab leaders, and is mentioned in the GITMO documents. The report of Afghani’s death is unconfirmed.
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Somalia
UN refugee agency warns of crisis ‘of unimaginable proportions’ in Somalia drought
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Alleged Shabaab operative to stand trial in New York
A Somali man named Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was transferred to New York where he will stand trial for allegedly providing material support to both Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The unsealed indictment in his case follows a series of reports connecting Shabaab to AQAP.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Somali Tied to Militants Held on US Ship for Months
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Shabaab
Shabaab arrested 13 young men south of Mogadishu for watching pornographic videos on cell phones. Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a accused Shabaab of provoking intra-clan fighting in central Somalia.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
US expands its drone war into Somalia
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Al Qaeda
US drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says
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US helicopters strike Shabaab camps in Somalia: report
Two Shabaab fighters are said to have been killed during airstrikes that targeted camps that hosted “foreign fighters.”
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Somalia’s Shabaab vows allegiance to new al Qaeda emir Zawahiri
Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage “announces the renewal of its allegiance to the Emir of Qaedat al-Jihad,” according to a statement released on an al Qaeda-linked forum.
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Al Qaeda
British targets found near body of al-Qaida leader
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Al Qaeda
Young Somali soldier killed Qaida operative
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Al Qaeda
Opportunity in Somalia after killing of Qaeda militant
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Killing of embassy bombings mastermind deprives al Qaeda of key figure
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Al Qaeda
Somalis, Kenyans hail al-Qaida mastermind’s death
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Al Qaeda
‘US Africa embassy bomber Fazul Abdullah Mohammed dead’
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Al Qaeda
Suspect behind US Embassy bombings is killed
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Pictures of al Qaeda leader Fazul Mohammed’s corpse, SUV, and weapon
On June 8, Radio Mogadishu claimed the man pictured was “Abdurrahman Canadian,” but a Somali official told The Long War Journal that the photograph is of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed.
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Al Qaeda’s East Africa chief Fazul Mohammed killed in Somalia
Somali officials have confirmed that Fazul was killed at a checkpoint near Mogadishu.
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Shabaab suicide bomber kills Somali interior minister
A female, thought to be the niece of the interior minister, may have carried out the attack.
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Canadian Shabaab commander reported killed in Mogadishu
Somali forces claimed to have killed a man named Muhan Jeans who was carrying a Canadian passport.
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Shabaab
Somalia: 20 years of anarchy
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Vital for Pakistan to do more against terrorists: US
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Shabaab claims American carried out suicide attack
Shabaab said that Abdullahi Ahmed was from Minneapolis. He would be the eighth American to carry out a suicide attack in Somalia.
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Burundi
Burundi peacekeepers in Somalia ‘unpaid’
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Somalia
Somalis are told to stop bickering or lose financing
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African Union
Somali and African Union forces advance in Mogadishu
