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[[Image:Somali militiamen.jpg|thumb|Somali militiamen.]]
'''Al Shabab''' is an extremists Somali organization formed from the remnants of an [[Islamic]] government overthrown in 2006 and see African peacekeepers as invaders. They have their Headquarters in Mogadishu. This ''Somalia’s Islamic movement threatened to take control of [[Somalia]] and had confined the interim government to one farming town until neighboring [[Ethiopia]] intervened.'' [http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20040]
The organization had a rapid expansion and is considered with ties between its leaders and [[Al Qaeda]]; some Americans and Europeans are also present in its camps.
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"There is increasing concern about what terrorists operating in Somalia might do," a U.S. counterterrorism official said. According to other senior officials, the camps have graduated hundreds of fighters. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041003734.html?hpid=topnews]
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== See also ==
*[[Osama Bin Laden]]
*[[Sayyid Qutb]]
*[[Terrorism]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-03/2008-03-19-voa2.cfm United States Designates Somalia's al-Shabab as a Terrorist Group]
*[http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/capture-pirates-on-land-and-sea/?scp=3&sq=Richard%20Phillips&st=cse Capture Pirates, on Land and Sea] The New York Times.
[[Category:Terrorists]]
'''Al Shabab''' is an extremists Somali organization formed from the remnants of an [[Islamic]] government overthrown in 2006 and see African peacekeepers as invaders. They have their Headquarters in Mogadishu. This ''Somalia’s Islamic movement threatened to take control of [[Somalia]] and had confined the interim government to one farming town until neighboring [[Ethiopia]] intervened.'' [http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20040]
The organization had a rapid expansion and is considered with ties between its leaders and [[Al Qaeda]]; some Americans and Europeans are also present in its camps.
<blockquote>
"There is increasing concern about what terrorists operating in Somalia might do," a U.S. counterterrorism official said. According to other senior officials, the camps have graduated hundreds of fighters. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041003734.html?hpid=topnews]
</blockquote>
== See also ==
*[[Osama Bin Laden]]
*[[Sayyid Qutb]]
*[[Terrorism]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-03/2008-03-19-voa2.cfm United States Designates Somalia's al-Shabab as a Terrorist Group]
*[http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/capture-pirates-on-land-and-sea/?scp=3&sq=Richard%20Phillips&st=cse Capture Pirates, on Land and Sea] The New York Times.
[[Category:Terrorists]]