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Somalia
Al Shabaab push towards Somali president’s palace
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Shabaab: from Mogadishu to Minnesota
Since last year’s reports of “more than twenty” Somali youths from Minnesota going missing, all presumed to have been recruited to fight in Somalia alongside the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, several new cases involving other Somali-Americans providing assistance to or attempting to join the terrorist organization have kept the counterterrorism community on edge. Indictments, superseding indictments, and few arrests have made the cases difficult to follow. On Aug. 5, Attorney General Eric Holder held a press conference to announce the four indictments recently unsealed, outlining charges against 14 people for their roles in either providing assistance to Shabaab or fighting in…
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Shabaab fighters kill 28, including 6 lawmakers, in suicide assault in Mogadishu
The Shabaab assault team stormed a hotel in a government-controlled area of Mogadishu.
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Somalia
13 die in Somali fighting; militia declares ‘war’
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Al Qaeda
Indian jihadis in Qaida™s Somalia arm?
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7 foreign Shabaab fighters killed in explosion in Mogadishu
Three Pakistanis, two Indians, one Afghan, and one Algerian were among 10 Shabaab fighters killed during a mysterious explosion that mimicked an incident that almost killed Shabaab’s leader in May 2009.
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Al Qaeda
Somalia rebels looking increasingly like Taliban
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Al Qaeda
In Kenya’s capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is incubator for jihad
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Al Qaeda advises Shabaab to keep low profile on links, attack US interests
Al Qaeda’s top leaders are pleased with Shabaab’s operations but do not want to draw any unnecessary attention to links between the two terror groups. Al Qaeda wants Shabaab to continue to strike at US interests in the region.
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Puntland forces claim victory against Shabaab in the ‘Tora Bora of East Africa’
Security officials said Shabaab forces under Mohammed Said Atom have been driven from the Galgala Mountains.
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Somalia
U.N. Back to Somalia After 17 Years
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United Nations
UN to return to Somalia within two months, after 17 years
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Al Qaeda
America’s deadly terror ‘pipeline’
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New indictments unsealed in al Shabaab investigation
Two indictments issued in Minnesota provide information on Shabaab’s recruiting and fundraising practices in the United States.
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US indicts 14 people for supporting Shabaab
Just one day after a Chicago man was arrested for attempting to travel to Somalia to assist the al Qaeda-aligned terror group Shabaab, the FBI has unsealed four indictments announcing arrests and charges against more than a dozen Somali-Americans for raising funds for the group. Among those arrested are two women, Amina Farah and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, naturalized citizens who are accused by federal prosecutors of door-to-door soliciting on behalf of Shabaab under the guise of “giving the funds to the poor and needy.” At least a dozen other persons in Minnesota, Alabama, and California are charged with helping facilitate…
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Somalia
Leaders blast US for soft stance on Somalia
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Al Qaeda leaders play significant role in Shabaab
Al Qaeda leaders from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, and the United States hold top leadership positions in the Somali terror group.
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Saudi Arabia
UN urges Saudi Arabia to stop expelling Somalis
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Al Qaeda
More troops for Somalia, but no peace to keep
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Shabaab, Puntland forces clash in northern Somalia
Thirteen Shabaab fighters and five Puntland security personnel were killed in fighting near a region known as the Tora Bora of East Africa.
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Al Qaeda
Uganda president urges action against Somali militants
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Somalia
Somali refugees fear loss of Ugandan haven
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United States
US seeks ways to boost African forces in Somalia
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The African Union’s beleaguered Somalia mission
Last week’s Shabaab bombing attacks in Uganda were designed to undermine that country’s support for the African Union Mission in Somalia. Ugandan support or not, AMISOM is underfunded and there are significant questions about whether peacekeeping is suitable for Somalia.
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Al Qaeda
Ugandan civil society organizations call for deployment of more troops in Somalia
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Al Qaeda
Uganda police say Pakistanis among blast suspects
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Somalia
Rising civilian toll ignites anger at African force as it battles Somali militants
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Al Qaeda
Somali militant group built training camps, al Qaeda links
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Al Qaeda
“At your service, Osama” – the African Bin Laden behind the Uganda bombings
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Vigilance in an age of constrained resources
Let me begin by saying that the reports about large numbers of Somalis being brought into the US illegally are genuinely alarming. Despite that, my interview on Fox Business Channel last night represented a recognizable (though highly entertaining!) descent into insanity. Watch for yourself: I thought it was worth making a few points about this interview, because it touches on some broader, and genuinely important, issues. First of all, there should be no question that I correctly pointed out the hyperbolic premise of the segment. The host set up the segment as follows: security briefs say that “as many as…
