longwarjournal.org - 3/12/2009
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Imagery of a Shabaab fighter from the terror groups' website.
This week, four high-level US government officials testified at Senate hearings about the growing threat of terrorism emanating from Somalia. Two officials, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and the ...
boston.com - 3/16/2009
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boston.com —
Somali pirates continue their attacks against international ships
in and around the Gulf of Aden, despite the
deterrent of stepped-up international naval escorts and patrols - and the increased failure rate of their attacks. Under agreements with ...
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Pirates of Somalia
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/11/2009
google.com - 3/9/2009
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18 hours ago BEIJING (AP) China's navy will
renew an anti-piracy mission to the Gulf of Aden
when the current commitment expires in the coming months, a naval top officer was quoted as saying by state media on Monday. China's three-ship anti-piracy ...
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The Associated Press: China to renew Somalia anti-piracy ...
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Bill Roggio: Somalia's rising tide of extremism
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Four high-level US officials discussed the terrorist threat emanating from Somalia, as well as the Somali terrorist recruiting network on American soil, this week. The officials confirmed that al Qaeda and its allies are growing stronger by the day in East Africa. read ...
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Bin Laden urges jihad against new Somali government
longwarjournal.org 3/19/2009 —
Image of Osama bin Laden from his latest audio presentation on Somalia.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden praised the efforts of Somali jihadi groups battling the new government and called for the overthrow of the new president. ...
Shabaab on the offensive in Somalia
longwarjournal.org 5/18/2009 — The newly formed Somali government is in danger of being ousted from its remaining strongholds in Mogadishu and central Somalia as Shabaab and Hizbul Islam took control of a key city.
Shabaab and Hizbul Islam seized the central town of Jowhar in ...
Somali “Pirate” Wanted US Protection: He’s 16 Years Old
themoderatevoice.com 4/13/2009 — Of the four Somali terrorists in a life boat holding US Captain Phillips hostage, three are dead. Captain Phillips is alive and free and well.
Prior to the US action to free the Captain with firepower, the fourth “pirate” who for ...
How Bush Failed Somalia
prospect.org 12/20/2008 — Two years ago the United States intervened in East African politics in a way that has been responsible for the deaths of untold thousands of people, has created the pirate problem, and is breeding a new generation of anti-American jihadists.
Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia
longwarjournal.org 1/31/2009 —
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (left) and Sheikh Yusuf Indohaadde during a news conference iin June 2006. Indohaadde, the former Defense Minister for the Islamic Courts Union, appeared on al Qaeda propaganda tapes .
Somalia's newly ...
Swedish citizen senior leader of Somali terror alliance
longwarjournal.org 3/17/2009 — A Swedish citizen released by the government last year is currently a senior leader of a Somali Islamist terror alliance currently fighting against the newly formed government.
Swedish police arrested three Swedish citizens in February 2008 on ...
Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean
corner.nationalreview.com 4/13/2009 — Following the freeing of American ship captain Richard Phillips from a band of Somali pirates Sunday, commentators have turned their attention to what can be done to control and prevent future piracy. The solutions suggested so far are what you might ...
Somalia security minister assassinated in suicide attack
longwarjournal.org 6/18/2009 — An al Qaeda-backed terror group assassinated the security minister of Somalia's struggling government in a suicide attack today that killed more than 20 people in the central part of the country.
Securityr Minister Omar Hashi Aden and Abdikarim ...
OBAMA PULLS THE TRIGGER: NOW HOW ABOUT SOME FOLLOW THROUGH?
rightwingnuthouse.com 4/13/2009 — So Captain Phillips is free and unharmed and the pirates are killed or captured. Good news all around, although I think Michael Shear of WaPo gave new meaning to the phrase “gushing coverage:”
It was one of the earliest tests of the new ...
New Bin Laden Audio: "Fight On, Champions of Somalia"
mypetjawa.mu.nu 3/19/2009 — Earlier today al Qaida'a media front, As-Sahab, released an audio tape dubbed over a still picture of Bin Laden in front of a map of Somalia. This is the second video released by As-Sahab that deals almost exclusively with...
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