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Revision as of 01:46, April 12, 2009
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. [1]
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.
"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. [2]