Al Shabaab

Type: Organization

Name: Al Shabaab

Nationality: Somalia

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Kenya police kill "terror couple"

NAIROBI, Kenya ? Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.Following a tip, investigators raided the apartment where the couple ... [Published Alaska Journal - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Kenya, Al Shabaab, Somalia, Nairobi, Police

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Somalia: Al-Shabaab, Somali Troops Clash in Bakol

Somali government troops killed nine al-Shabaab militants during clashes Saturday (May 18th) in the Bakol region, Somalia's Shabelle Media Network reported.The fighting began when al-Shabaab attacked a government base near El Barde and Somali forces retaliated, ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Al Shabaab, Somalia, El Barde (Somalia), Government of Somalia

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

East African Community

What if our altruistic nature always restrained our selfish impulses?

Then, the rulers of Israel would not be planning to build more illegal settlements in the West Bank. They would, instead, consider the plight of Palestinians, dismantle existing illegal settlements and seek to meet their leaders to conduct genuine peace ... [Published Rwanda New Times - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Impulsivity, Somalia, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Sweden: Somali Refugee Finds Political Correctness Unbearable

This refugee story is quite the opposite of what one usually sees. Instead of going straight to the welfare office for an array of free stuff, Somali woman Amun Abdullahi attempted to contribute to Swedish society by reporting as a journalist about the ... [Published VDare - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Somalia, Refugees, Sweden, Mogadishu

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Group arrested in attempt to make bomb

Sixteen terror suspects were arrested on Sunday and an Improvised Explosive Device they were trying to assemble confiscated by police who were patrolling Mandera town in the evening. The suspects were interrogated by detectives from the Anti-Terror Police ... [Published Daily Nation - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Mandera (Kenya), Bomb, Police, Wajir (Kenya), Interrogation

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 8 reports

Al Shabaab

http://t.co/kUUOx0j1L0 (Minnesota Somalis react to sentences in al-Shabab case with mix of outrage, relief)

http://t.co/kUUOx0j1L0 (Minnesota Somalis react to sentences in al-Shabab case with mix of outrage, relief) ... [Published Wardheernews Twitter Account - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Al Shabaab, Somalia

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

UK: Female convert to Islam "boss" behind 7/7 jihad mass murder attacks

Yet another convert to Islam misunderstands her new, peaceful religion, and still no mosque or Islamic school in the U.K. has any program to teach against this understanding of Islam they supposedly reject. "Terror link of 7/7 widow and 'bomb factory,'" ... [Published Jihad Watch - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Mass Murder, Islam, Jihad

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Paramilitary officer killed in Wajir

The officer, Mohamed Mohamud, was ambushed in the town of Wajir as he was returning home after watching the evening news in a nearby restaurant, local police chief James Mutungi told AFP.He said the assailants' motive was not clear."These are people who ... [Published AfricanSeer - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Wajir (Kenya), Kenya, Somalia, Mohamed Mohamud

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Kidnapping bears marks of Islamists

Analysts say the recent kidnapping of an aid worker in Kenya, who apparently is being held for ransom, has the marks of al-Shabaab, a group of Islamists who have terrorized the region of Africa that also includes Somalia.Authorities say the relief worker, ... [Published WorldNetDaily - May 19 2013]

Entities: Kidnapping, William Stark, Al Shabaab, Kenya

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Somalia must decentralise or slip back into civil

The writing is on the wall: Somalis must renegotiate the form of government in a way that decentralises power, leaves space to accommodate Somaliland, and brings the nation back together.SHARE THIS STORYTweetA few days before the Somalia Conference 2013 ... [Published East African - May 19 2013]

Entities: Somalia, power Resources, Al Shabaab, Famine, David Cameron

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

http://t.co/iayt1st74a (War in Somalia is over after the expulsion of Al-Shabaab militants, but hard work begins)

http://t.co/iayt1st74a (War in Somalia is over after the expulsion of Al-Shabaab militants, but hard work begins) ... [Published Wardheernews Twitter Account - May 18 2013]

Entities: Al Shabaab, Somalia

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Somalia: 5 killed in clash between govt forces and militants in Bakool region

(Garowe Online) - At least 5 persons were killed during clashes on Thursday night in Bakool region, of southwestern Somalia, Garowe Online reports.The fighting erupted Thursday night around 11:30pm local time in El Barde town of Bakool region, near the ... [Published Radio Garowe - May 18 2013]

Entities: El Barde (Somalia), Somalia, Garowe (Somalia), Al Shabaab

Quotes

"We have killed nine members of al-Shabaab militia and one of our soldiers died during the fighting" he said. "The remaining al-Shabaab men ran after we retreated."

Somalia: Al-Shabaab, Somali Troops Clash in Bakol [Published AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago]

She is moving back to Somalia. When asked if she worried that "Somalia is a dangerous place." Amun replied, "Sweden is more dangerous than Mogadishu. Here you cannot tell the truth. The truth is kept secret, the people are silenced." (video hat tip Michael)

Somali Journalist: Leftist Media makes Sweden "more dangerous than Mogadishu" "Here you cannot te ... [Published Atlas Shrugs - 11 hours ago]

They are all accused of possessing chemicals and "conspiring to improvise an explosive device with the intent to cause harm to innocent civilians"

UK: Female convert to Islam "boss" behind 7/7 jihad mass murder attacks [Published Jihad Watch - 15 hours ago]

"They didn't go back home. They didn't kill anyone. They just helped with the poor people" said Abdiwali Warsame, a St PaulPaul Somali who was interviewed outside the courthouse. He called the women's sentences an "injustice."

Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed [Published Miami Herald - 17 hours ago]

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