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Ugandan drones: this is how rumors get started
The Wall Street Journal claims that a Ugandan drone was used in a strike that injured two Shabaab commanders. Its reporting on the matter is erroneous.
United States
Muslim activist in Minnesota struggles as one-man counter against lure of terrorism
Al Qaeda
MI5 and police reduce UK terror threat from ‘severe’ to ‘substantial’
Somalia
The UN’s high commissioner for refugees said that aid agencies should work with Shabaab to distribute food to those in need. Two people were killed as Somali soldiers fought amongst themselves in Mogadishu.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan urges US to share intelligence on Zawahri
Somalia
Shabaab ‘s former district commander of Dhobley was wounded while clashing with other Shabaab fighters. Shabaab is stopping people from leaving drought-affected regions and banned khat in the south.
Afghanistan
Leon Panetta says al Qaeda’s defeat “within reach”
Senior Shabaab commander rumored to have been killed in recent Predator strike
Ibrahim al Afghani fought in Afghanistan, traveled to Pakistan, is linked to top al Qaeda and Shabaab leaders, and is mentioned in the GITMO documents. The report of Afghani’s death is unconfirmed.
Somalia
Senior Shabaab leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys called on Arab countries to help Somalis afflicted by the drought. Kenyan police arrested six Somali clerics at a refugee camp in Dhagahley.
Predator strikes are ‘more like police work’?
Police don’t intentionally kill criminals. ‘Targeted assassinations’ is a far better description for the Predator strikes.
Somalia
Somali soldiers killed two civilians in Mogadishu. A prominent clan elder was beheaded in central Somalia. Police captured 10 suspected Shabaab fighters in the capital.
Somalia
UN refugee agency warns of crisis ‘of unimaginable proportions’ in Somalia drought
Somalia
An Afghan who served as a senior Shabaab commander may have been killed in last month’s Predator strike near Kismayo. Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu are blocking humanitarian aid from reaching drought-affected Somalis. Shabaab fighters killed one boy while opening fire on a group of soccer players.
Alleged Shabaab operative to stand trial in New York
A Somali man named Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was transferred to New York where he will stand trial for allegedly providing material support to both Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The unsealed indictment in his case follows a series of reports connecting Shabaab to AQAP.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Somali Tied to Militants Held on US Ship for Months
Somalia
AMISOM said 3,000 new troops from Uganda have arrived in Mogadishu, and said the US is providing military aid to the African Union. Aircraft have been spotted hovering over Kismayo.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US expands its drone war into Somalia
Norway
Norway – Ministers approve onboard arms
Somalia
Swedish ships take up arms to combat pirates
Somalia
Last week’s airstrikes that targeted Shabaab camps outside of Kismayo were carried out by US Predators. Security forces captured five Shabaab fighters in Gedo.
Al Qaeda
US drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says
Al Qaeda
Obama adviser outlines plans to defeat al Qaeda
Somalia
Shabaab sent 76 fighters to Yemen to aid al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Fifteen people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and government forces in Garbaharey.
Somalia
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, a Somali-American, was named the new prime minister of Somalia. Shabaab beheaded two civilians in Puntland. Two soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Mogadishu.
Somalia
Government officials blame Shabaab for executing and beheading two Puntland soliders in the village of Yalho, south of Bosaso. Shabaab is rounding up “US spies” in Kismayo after an airstrike on training camps near the southern city.
Somalia
A Shabaab official and local residents claimed that helicopters attacked two military camps in Qandal just outside of Kismayo. Two Shabaab fighters were killed; “foreign fighters” were reported to be training at the camps.
US helicopters strike Shabaab camps in Somalia: report
Two Shabaab fighters are said to have been killed during airstrikes that targeted camps that hosted “foreign fighters.”
Somalia
Soldiers killed a man in Dharkenley who was thought to have been planting an IED. A senior Shabaab official was killed during recent fighting in Beletweyne. The pro-government Ahlu Sunnah Wal Ja’ama shut down a radio station.
Somalia
Three people were killed during fighting in Luq. Hundreds of Somalis gathered in Mogadishu to support the killing of al Qaeda leader Fazul Mohammed.