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Al-Shabaab also known as the “Youth” or Hirakata al Shabaab al mujahidin "movement of striving youth" are a terrorist group in Somalia who have a link with Al-Qaeda since 2012. According to CNN journalist Holly Yan “In February 2012, the group's leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, and al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video announcing the alliance of the two organizations”. (CNN Yan) There are many factors that attribute to their start. Apparently, Somalia was in chaos in the past 25 years, people were in between clan war and world-lard. how did they originate and how did they manage to become powerful and control almost half of Somalia? According to article “Al-Shabaab” written by Jonathon Masters and published on Council on Foreign Relations, this group was originated from Al-Etihad Al-Islamic that was established by Somali Extremists who were educated in the middle east. Also, this group was …show more content…

The ICU had a different perspective, which was to rule the country by sharia law and serve justice for those who have been victims of clan discrimination. Right after ICU was defeated by Ethiopia, Somali Transitional Government and the United States, Al-Shabaab announced that they are not part of the ICU and they declare a war on the U.S Ethiopia, Somali TFG and overall all the Christian countries. The youth started to join this group rapidly because they were told they are defending their country and their

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