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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…
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Somalia
Uganda: Request for new Somalia rules of engagement
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Al Qaeda
Somalia’s al-Shabab wants to join terror’s big league
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Al Qaeda
Burundi to keep troops in Somalia despite threat
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Al Qaeda
US envoy says Uganda-type attacks hard to prevent
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Al Qaeda
Militancy in Africa
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Is al Qaeda racist?
Those familiar with the inner workings of jihadi circles will know that racism is in fact prevalent within al Qaeda’s ranks. But that makes the administration’s new line of rhetorical attack against the terrorist group — that it shows a disregard for African life — no less absurd. Jake Tapper reports: In an interview earlier today with the South African Broadcasting Corporation to air in a few hours, President Obama disparaged al Qaeda and affiliated groups’ willingness to kill Africans in a manner that White House aides say was an argument that the terrorist groups are racist. Speaking about the…
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Shabaab claims credit for dual suicide attacks in Uganda
The al Qaeda affiliate has carried out its first terror attack outside the borders of Somalia. The Somali suicide bombers attacked soccer fans as they watched the World Cup final in Kampala.
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Shabaab suspected of carrying out bombings in Uganda
Sixty-four people were killed in bombings at two restaurants while watching the World Cup final soccer match in Uganda’s capital of Kampala, raising fears that the al Qaeda-linked, Somalia-based Shabaab carried out the attacks. Al Jazeera has a very good article on the attack and the background, a portion of which is excerpted here: “These bombs were definitely targeting World Cup crowds,” Kayihura told reporters, adding that Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels, a group which has pledged loyalty to al-Qaeda, could be behind the attacks. If that proves true, it would be the first time the group has carried out attacks outside…
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Al Qaeda
Under threat of violence, Somalians play soccer — or watch — at their peril
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Al Qaeda
Somalia, at war, rummages for cash
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Al Qaeda
Kenya: Iraq, Afghan, Pakistan fighters in Somalia
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Al Qaeda
East African leaders urge UN to provide Somalia force
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Somalia
Somalia at 50: From heaven to hell
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Somalia
Voters defy Islamist threats in Somaliland
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Hizbul Islam faction in southern Somalia defects to Shabaab
The defection is the latest blow to one of the two largest Islamist terror groups in Somalia, and will bolster the fortunes of Shabaab.
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United States
Suspect’s mom: Son ‘stupid kid,’ not a terrorist
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Somalia
Somali pirates on trial in Holland
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Shabaab
Somali soccer fans go underground
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Video: Shabaab releases tape of French hostage
Shabaab has released a video of Denis Allex, one of two French security personnel kidnapped by the group from a hotel in Mogadishu last year. From Reuters: In the video, Allex repeats those demands and says the group will issue a list of names of prisoners it wants released. He says the defeat of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party in recent French regional elections showed France opposes his policies. “We ask the French people to do everything for my liberation,” he says, noting that other hostages have been released in Somalia, Sudan and Algeria. “You can imagine my state of mind…
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Iraq
Foreign fighters gain influence in Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabab militia
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Al Qaeda
Widows unite to cope with horrors of Somalia’s Al Shabab
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Al Qaeda
Kenya says ready to defend against al Shabaab rebels
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Somalia
Somali troops fight al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu
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Al Qaeda
In Somalia’s war, a new challenger is pushing back radical al-Shabab militia
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Al Qaeda
Militants fire mortars at Somali president’s palace
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Shabaab
Winning Hearts and Minds? Examining the Relationship Between Aid and Security in Kenya
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American-born Shabaab commander releases recruitment tape
Abu Mansour al Amriki, a senior military commander and propagandist for the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, issues a nasheed calling for global jihad. The tape is aimed at recruiting Westerners.
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Somalia
Insurgents™ seizure of a pirate base in Somalia raises questions about its future
