Al Shabaab: Somali Muslim Terrorists

(OP-ED article direct fromthe Strategy Page on September 23, 2013.)




Ugandans killed in Al Shabaab's Kampala blast (2013).

In Nairobi, Kenya the fighting with
Somali al Shabaab gunmen in a mall continues. The government says that most
hostages have been freed and that troops are closing in on the remaining
terrorist gunmen.

An Internet announcement said the terrorists in the mall were