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24 Jul 2014, 10:40 am
As violence escalates in Somalia, five people, including two women in the United States, have been charged with providing financial support to Al-Shabab. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 9:03 am
More than 20 villagers were gruesomely massacred on Kenya’s coast on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks initially attributed to al-Shabab but about which security experts are now confused. [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 7:19 am
This weekend Al Jazeera America reported that the UK has been forcibly returning asylum seekers to Mogadishu where they face threats of violence from al-Shabab. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 7:38 am
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility [BBC report] for the attack, in which at least 62 people died and 175 were injured [Kenya Red Cross fact sheet, PDF]. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 2:08 pm
In line with other investigations, the report determined that, at best, the metadata tracking program helped prosecute one plot to send $8,500 to al-Shabab in Somalia – at the cost of every American's privacy and untold tax dollars. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 3:48 pm
At any rate, as if on cue, the Post reports today: A cell of U.S. military personnel has been stationed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu since last fall to advise and coordinate operations with African troops fighting to wrest control of the country from the al-Shabab militia, an Islamist group whose leaders have professed loyalty to al-Qaeda, according to three U.S. military officials. [read post]
2 Nov 2013, 4:28 am
Bobby noted a drone strike against al Shabab bombmaker Ibrahim Ali in Somalia and detailed the relevant legal considerations for targeting him under the 2001 AUMF. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 2:38 pm
And there is, to repeat, no strong reason to believe that a green light has been given for operations targeting al Shabab leaders not directly linked to al Qaeda. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 9:59 am
A U.S. missile strike, conducted by U.S. special operations forces in Somalia, took out Ibrahim Ali, a member of Al Shabab who specializes in explosives. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 2:00 pm
Declares War on al-Shabab. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 7:09 am
The target was Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima, apparently a top planner of overseas attacks for al-Shabab. [read post]
3 Oct 2013, 7:00 am
The armed siege at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi has focused attention on the al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabab. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 8:55 am
Today’s New York Times Room for Debate topic is: measuring the threat that Al Shabab poses to the United States. [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 6:52 am
A 2012 Kenyan government intelligence report speculated that al-Shabab militants were planning an attack on Westgate, reports the Wall Street Journal. [read post]
27 Sep 2013, 6:46 am
Attorney General Holder has reacted to those claims, seriously questioning Al Shabab’s capacity to carry out any attack in the United States. [read post]
26 Sep 2013, 10:00 am
Mohamud was in Washington this past week and strongly denounced Al Shabab and declared the group an “enemy of Somalia. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 9:57 am
Listen to NPR’s Tell Me More about Al Shabab. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 7:34 am
The Westgate mall in Nairobi remains a war zone after al-Shabab militants opened fire on shoppers on Saturday, killing at least 62 and wounding almost 200. [read post]
22 Sep 2013, 7:00 am
Al Shabab, the Islamic extremist group from Somalia, has claimed credit for the Kenyan mall attacks. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 7:24 am
Al Qaeda attacked a U.N. compound in Mogadishu today; three guards were killed along with nine militants. [read post]
