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Navy SEALs free 2 Western hostages in Somalia
The US and Danish hostages were freed during a nighttime raid by SEAL Team Six.
Shabaab suicide bomber targets Ethiopian troops
Shabaab claimed a member of its “Martyrdom Brigades” killed 33 Ethiopian soldiers and officers in an attack in western Somalia.
British al Qaeda/Shaabab leader may have been killed after calling home
Relatives of Bilal al Berjawi think he was traced after calling his wife, who had just given birth.
Al Qaeda
Threat Level Rising: How African Terrorist Groups Inspired by al-Qaeda Are Gaining Strength
Al Qaeda
British ‘al-Qaida member’ killed in US drone attack in Somalia
British Shabaab operative killed in airstrike in Somalia
Bilal al Berjawi, a British citizen of Lebanese origins, “was from the early people who came to jihad in Somalia.” Shabaab said he was killed today in a US drone strike. He was second-in-command to slain al Qaeda leader Fazul Mohammed.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
AQAP carries on after al-Awlaki
American fighter pictured with Shabaab commander identified
The Long War Journal has confirmed that Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax is the Shabaab fighter who has been seen with Omar Hammami. Faarax, who is from Minneapolis, was indicted by the US for terrorist activities in in October 2009.
American Shabaab fighter and commander pictured together
A previously unknown American called Abdullah al Amriki was recently pictured with Shabaab commander and fellow American Omar Hammami.
Al Qaeda
Suicide Attacks in Nigeria: Islamist Terror Network Gains Strength in Africa
Ethiopia
Somali Islamists bolster positions around key town
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The mutating al Qaeda threat
Shabaab leader recounts al Qaeda’s role in Somalia in the 1990s
Saif al Adel, Sheikh Yusuf al Ayiri, and Sheikh Abu al Hasan al Sa’idi fought in the Battle of Mogadishu, according to Shabaab’s emir.
Shabaab
Clampdown on Al-Shabaab opens corridors for relief flow
Al Qaeda
Somalia fears as US Sunrise banks stop money transfers
Son of infamous al Qaeda family killed by Ethiopian forces
Abu al Bara’a Abdul Aziz bin Attash was killed in a clash with Ethiopian forces. Bin Attash was a member of a particularly notorious al Qaeda family that has served the Taliban, al Qaeda, Shabaab, and other allied terrorist organizations.
African Union
AU claims success against Al-Shabaab
Al Qaeda
Somalia Faces Alarming Rise in Rapes of Women and Girls
United States
Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing
Al Qaeda
Nigeria bombings: worshippers fear more attacks
African Union
Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia
Jihadist releases new photos of American Shabaab leader
Omar Hammami, the American Shabaab commander, is seen in two new photos with an unknown Shabaab fighter.
Al Qaeda
Twitter Use by Shabab in Somalia Incites US
African Union
Mogadishu dares to dream of a new future as militants are driven from Somali capital
Shabaab
Somalia’s Rebels Embrace Twitter as a Weapon
Al Qaeda
US defence chief in Djibouti for counter-terrorism talks
Nigeria
US Terror Hearing Explores Use of Miranda Warning
Shabaab publishes IDs, information on slain Burundian soldiers
Shabaab’s “Press Office War Statistics Office” said it would provide more information on slain Burundian soldiers if requested.
Jihadist releases bio of Yemeni al Qaeda operative killed in Somalia
Abu ‘Asim al Tabuki Mansour Nasser al Bihani waged jihad in Bosnia, Dagestan, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. He trained Omar Hammami, the American military commander in Shabaab. Two of Abu ‘Asim’s brothers are currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.