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Somaliland Sun: Al-Shabaab execute al-Amriki The al-Qaeda-allied group al-Shabaab executed US-born jihadist Omar Hammami on April 5th, according to unconfirmed Somali media reports.Hammami, known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, said he feared for his life from...
- Somalia: Amid Famine And Drought, Al-shabab Is Training Children As Soldiers And Murdering Ngo Workers
It has been widely reported in the media that as a result of the famine in East Africa, Somalia is facing ‘not only a humanitarian crisis’ but also ‘a human rights crisis and a children’s crisis.This indication is contained in a report...
- London Warned Of A Mumbai-style Attack
JihadWatch is reporting that an attack similar to the one on Mumbai, India, in 2008, is being planned for the city of London. Scotland Yard warns: "Mumbai is coming to London" Chatter is increasing among the Misunderstanders of Islam. "Police expect...
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Al-Qaeda Somalia Abroad: A Threat to Israel and the U.S. PJM Earlier this month al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s dangerous Somalian proxy, threatened to attack Israel. “The Jews started to destroy parts of the holy mosque of al-Aqsa and they routinely kill...
- Roggio's Mumbai Analysis
At The Long War Journal, Bill Roggio analyzes Mumbai. And concludes it's very different from what we've seen in the past. The Long War Journal: Analysis: Mumbai attack differs from past terror strikes Almost two days after terrorists attacked...
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Documents From Top Al-Qaeda Commander Show Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Planned Mumbai-Style Attack On London
From the Long War Journal:
A document found after Somali troops killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, al Qaeda's former leader in East Africa and a senior Shabaab commander, details a plot to conduct multiple Mumbai-like attacks that target civilians in London. The plot highlights how al Qaeda and Shabaab seek to strike civilian targets outside Somalia, and foreshadowed Shabaab's attack on the Eastgate Mall in Kenya this week.
The document and several others found in Fazul's possession after he was killed by Somali troops at a checkpoint in Mogadishu in June 2011 were obtained by the Toronto Star. A copy of the document was also obtained by The Long War Journal. The Canadian newspaper reported that "dozens of documents, Internet frame grabs and media reports in English, Arabic, Somali and Swahili, along with more than 50 video clips" were also found in Fazul's car.
Fazul's document detailing a plot in London is titled "International Operations." In the opening paragraph, he notes how Shabaab's external terror teams are to emulate "the tactics used by our brothers in Mumbai." In the Mumbai attack, small teams of Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters armed with assault rifles, grenades, and bombs fanned out across the city and attacked civilians. More than 170 people were killed during the Mumbai siege, which lasted for three days. Shabaab targeted train stations, a theater, two posh hotels, and a Jewish center during the attack.
"Our objectives are to strike London with low cost operations that would cause a heavy blow amongst the hierarchy and Jewish communities using attacks similar to the tactics used by our brothers in Mumbai," the first paragraph of Fazul's memo said. "These will either be many individual random untraceable operations or the group will be trained to cause maximum damage to a single target."
The Long War Journal noted on the first day of the Shabaab siege on the Westgate Mall that the attack was very similar to the Lashkar-e-Taiba assault on Mumbai in November 2008.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
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Somaliland Sun: Al-Shabaab execute al-Amriki The al-Qaeda-allied group al-Shabaab executed US-born jihadist Omar Hammami on April 5th, according to unconfirmed Somali media reports.Hammami, known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, said he feared for his life from...
- Somalia: Amid Famine And Drought, Al-shabab Is Training Children As Soldiers And Murdering Ngo Workers
It has been widely reported in the media that as a result of the famine in East Africa, Somalia is facing ‘not only a humanitarian crisis’ but also ‘a human rights crisis and a children’s crisis.This indication is contained in a report...
- London Warned Of A Mumbai-style Attack
JihadWatch is reporting that an attack similar to the one on Mumbai, India, in 2008, is being planned for the city of London. Scotland Yard warns: "Mumbai is coming to London" Chatter is increasing among the Misunderstanders of Islam. "Police expect...
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Al-Qaeda Somalia Abroad: A Threat to Israel and the U.S. PJM Earlier this month al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s dangerous Somalian proxy, threatened to attack Israel. “The Jews started to destroy parts of the holy mosque of al-Aqsa and they routinely kill...
- Roggio's Mumbai Analysis
At The Long War Journal, Bill Roggio analyzes Mumbai. And concludes it's very different from what we've seen in the past. The Long War Journal: Analysis: Mumbai attack differs from past terror strikes Almost two days after terrorists attacked...