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Birthed in Blood, Somali Terror Group Goes Global

Submitted by James Carafano PhD on Sat, 10/17/2009 - 05:58
James Carafano, PhD In the summer of 2008, a battle raged about 300 miles south of Mogadishu. There, along the banks of the Jubba River, rival militias fought for control of a port city. After days of savage conflict, the victors danced in the bloodied streets. Four years earlier, the Islamist group Al-Shabaab, “the youth,” had been just another obscure gang, thugs for hire in Somalia’s civil war. Now, they were seasoned warriors, the conquerors of Kismayo. Al-Shabaab hasn’t looked back since.
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