Somalia
Suspected Somali pirates captured by Navy-led forces after attack on supertanker
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US drones kill 2 Shabaab operatives in southern Somalia
A senior explosives expert was one of two Shabaab members killed in the airstrike. Today’s drone strike is the second reported US raid this month targeting a top Shabaab leader.
Kenya
Samantha Lewthwaite ‘received British passport before going on run’
Somalia
US drones killed two Shabaab commanders in a strike in the town of Jilib in southern Somalia. A Shabaab commander known as Anta Anta, who was an explosives and suicide bombing expert, was killed in the airstrike.
Somalia
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a top Shabaab leader who was the target of a US Navy SEALs raid in Barawe, spent about a year in Britain in 2007 before returning to Somalia. Somali and Ethiopian forces clashed with Shabaab in Ufurow and Awdiinle; 10 soldiers on both sides were reported killed. Four people were killed in […]
Norway
Norway’s Somalis worry extremism is spreading
Somalia
Five Shabaab and government soldiers were killed during clashes in Elbarde; the military claimed it took control of the town. Shabaab has blockaded the town of Qansah Dhere. Security forces detained six suspects involved in Shabaab’s recent suicide attack in Beledweyne.
Norway
Why dozens of ethnic Somalis in Scandinavia are embracing jihad
Military rally, suicide attack highlight Shabaab’s resilience in Somalia
Yesterday’s suicide attack was preceded by a large Shabaab military rally in a town nearby.
Benin
East Africa: Maritime Piracy Falls to Lowest Level in 7 Years, Reports IMB
Al Qaeda
Let’s admit it, we overlooked and underestimated al Shabaab
Kenya
Al-Shabaab hate video ‘threatens prominent British Muslims’
Somalia
Shabaab claimed credit for today’s suicide attack at a cafe in Beledweyne that killed 16 people, including seven Somali soldiers. The Shabaab spokesman said the target of the attack was African Union peacekeepers from Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Shabaab
Exclusive: U.N. Uncovers ‘Credible’ New al-Shabab Terror Plot
Somalia
Seven people were killed as Shabaab and government forces clashed outside of Mogadishu. Three soldiers were killed in a clash with a militia on the outskirts of the capital. The African Union agreed to boost the number of peacekeepers in Somalia by 35 percent.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters executed three tailors in Mogadishu. Samantha Lewthwaite, the “white widow” who is wanted for her associations with Shabaab, recently tweeted that she was traveling in Galgala.
Burundi
‘White Widow’ Lewthwaite ‘Key’ In Al Shabaab
Somalia
Ten people were killed after government forces clashed with Shabaab in the El-Dhun Adegow area of Bay province; Shabaab is in control of the area. Shabaab killed three people in an IED attack in Beled Hawo.
Al Qaeda
Extremist Group Gains Foothold Among Kenyans
Somalia
Somalia’s defense minister said the military is preparing to “liberate” Barawe, the town under Shabaab control where US SEALs attempted to capture Ikrima, a top terrorist commander. Shabaab arrested a businessman in Barawe and accused him of aiding the US in the raid.
Al Qaeda
Using new counterterror guidelines, US forces backed off in Somalia raid
US justifies Somalia raid under AUMF, which Obama seeks to repeal
The US Navy SEALs raid that targeted a Shabaab leader known as Ikrima was justified under the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force. President Obama has called for the repeal of the AUMF, and support to do so is gaining in Congress.
Target of SEAL raid in Somalia tied to top al Qaeda leaders
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a.ka. Ikrima, was associated with al Qaeda leaders Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, and communicates with al Qaeda’s general command in Pakistan. Ikrima was not killed in the SEAL assault.
Somalia
Somali pirate suspects stand trial in Madrid
Somalia
The target of the Oct. 5 raid in Barawe by US Navy SEALs was Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a.k.a Ikrima, who served as Shabaab’s external operations chief. He was plotting to conduct attacks in Kenya against the parliament, defense forces, and the UN. A Swedish and a Sudanese jihadist are said to have been killed in […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
U.S. target in Somalia: An inside story on an Al-Shabaab commander
Al Qaeda
US commando raids suggest future shape of counterterror bids
United States
Kenyan Riots Pivot on Religious Conflict
Shabaab
Target in U.S. Raid on Somalia Is Called Top Shabab Planner of Attacks Abroad
Shabaab
The untold story of al-Shabab’s murderous attack on the U.N. in Mogadishu.