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Shabaab
Omar Hammami, the American Shabaab military commander, released a nasheed glorifying death, and said he hoped to die as other senior al Qaeda leaders have died. Hammami’s tape refutes reports of his death from Somalia’s defense minister.
American Shabaab commander Omar Hammami releases tape that mocks reports of his death
In Hammami’s latest rap-nasheed, he asks to die in a Predator strike, special operations raid, air strike, or cruise missile attack, like other top al Qaeda commanders.
Shabaab
Somalia: Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a – We are ready to fight off al Shabaab
Is the US launching airstrikes against Shabaab in Somalia?
Aircraft were spotted during an offensive against Shabaab in Dhobley in southern Somalia.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US sees few good options if Yemen government falls
Aweys: Shabaab recruits ‘underage children to fight for us’
It isn’t every day that you get a terrorist leader to freely admit what an awful human he really is. Late last week, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a Shabaab commander and Specially Designated Global Terrorist with links to al Qaeda, proudly told how his organization recruits children to wage jihad. From Garowe: “We recruit underage […]
Shabaab
Somali Islamists could grab tankers for attacks
American Shabaab commander alive, says US intel
US officials told The Long War Journal that Omar Hammami is believed to be alive. Somalia’s defense minister said last week that Hammami had been killed.
Shabaab
Testimony doesn’t match furor over US terror hearing
Shabaab commander Omar Hammami reported killed in Somalia
Somalia’s defense minister claimed today that the US citizen was killed during recent fighting, but the report is unconfirmed.
Al Qaeda
In riven Somalia, Islamists dig in
African Union
Somalia begins offensive against Shabaab
Shabaab suicide attack kills 20 in Somali capital
The suicide bomber struck a police outpost near Mogadishu’s seaport. Six foreign fighters were reported to have been killed during clashes over the weekend.
African Union
Peacekeepers in Somalia hit trenches of rebels
Caucasus
Defection reveals foreigners’ role in Somali war
Shabaab
Somalia’s toothless parliament votes itself another term
Denmark
Denmark sentences cartoonist attacker to 9 years
Shabaab executes deputy intel chief for ‘spying’ for US
Shabaab executed the group’s deputy intelligence chief yesterday after accusing him of spying for the US. Sunatimes.com has the story: Somalia’s extremist group of Al Shabaab has executed their intelligence chief’s deputy, accusing him of spying for FBI amid mounting disputes to suppress civilian harassments between the group’s leaders.. Ahmed Ali Hussein, known as Ahmed […]
Al Qaeda
Swedes appeal Somalia terror plot conviction
Shabaab
Somalia: Justice according to al Shabaab
African Union
Blackwater founder trains Somalis
Shabaab
Somalia’s al-Shabab bans mixed-sex handshakes
Shabaab
Under siege in war-torn Somalia, a doctor holds her ground
Norway
Islamic terrorist organization recruits Norwegian Somali youths
Shabaab
Somaliland says Shabaab ties claim a smokescreen
Al Qaeda
Chilling details emerge about Danish attack plot suspects
Shabaab calls on al Qaeda to ‘expand the East Africa jihad’
Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage made the statement at a press conference in Mogadishu, where he formally announced the takeover of Hizbul Islam.
Shabaab
Somalis are desperate for a new life, but refugees face a dangerous road
Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda finds new friends