Al Shabab increasing attacks in Mogadishu because of Trump's decision to expand US efforts

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - An organization that monitors extremist groups says the Somalia-based al-Shabab claims its recent attacks are in "doubled response" to the U.S. military's expanding efforts against it.

The SITE Intelligence Group said late Tuesday that the extremist group's Shahada News Agency posted the statements on social media on Monday.

The al-Shabab statement says the recent attacks also are in response to President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's declaration of a new offensive against the extremists last week.

The statement says Sunday's suicide car bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu, that killed 13 and Monday's suicide bombing at a military academy in Mogadishu that killed at least five soldiers are examples of al-Shabab's response to the decisions by the U.S. and Somalia's government.

The U.S. military now can pursue more aggressive airstrikes against al-Shabab

 

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al-Shabaab is totally CIA and KSA funded. I don't believe this dumb ass organization has any native support. If the Somali media collectively made a smear campaign against al-Shabaab's foreign origins perhaps they would even have a harder time.

A Somali version of McCarthyism is needed.

 

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al-Shabaab is totally CIA and KSA funded. I don't believe this dumb ass organization has any native support. If the Somali media collectively made a smear campaign against al-Shabaab's foreign origins perhaps they would even have a harder time.

A Somali version of McCarthyism is needed.

What benefit does the CIA get funding Al Shabab? They import thousands of Somalis every year; why would they play Russian roulette and risk a few of Al Shabab terrorists in their own backyard?

 

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What benefit does the CIA get funding Al Shabab? They import thousands of Somalis every year; why would they play Russian roulette and risk a few of Al Shabab terrorists in their own backyard?

The military-industrial complex requires boogeymen across the globe to justify its budget. They plant controlled opposition all over the world, like al-Shabaab, so they can continue to get billions if not trillions in defense spending. ''You have to spend money to make money''.