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US Targets Al Shabaab Leader With Drone Strike In Somalia: Pentagon
A US air strike last week targeted a senior leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia, but the Pentagon was still assessing the drone strike operation's results, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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US Air Strike In Somalia Killed Senior Al Shabaab Leader: Pentagon
A US air strike last week killed a senior leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Swedish Citizens Get 11 Years In US Prison For Al Shabaab Support
Two Swedish citizens who US prosecutors said fought alongside the Islamist militant group al Shabaab in Somalia in battles to take control of the country's capital of Mogadishu were sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday.
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Al Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Army Base, Say Dozens Dead
Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya today, saying they had killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force supporting the government during the assault.
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Maryland Man Indicted For Alleged Support Of Al Shabaab: Justice Departent
A Maryland man has been indicted on accusations of supporting the Somalia-based Islamic militant group al Shabaab and appearing in videos for the group, the US Justice Department said on Monday.
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Kenya Charges 4 Women With Recruiting For Islamist Militants
Three Kenyan women and one Tanzanian have been charged with conspiring to recruit Kenyans for the ISIS al Shabaab, a charge sheet issued by a courthouse in Mombasa showed today.
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US Citizen Who Fought for Islamist Group Surrenders in Somalia: Official
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.
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Somali-American to Plead Guilty to Trying to Help Islamic State
A Somali-American man from Minnesota is expected to plead guilty in connection with a federal investigation into recruiting of young people by Islamic State militants, according to a filing in US federal court on Wednesday.
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Pope Francis Adds Kenya, Scene of Attacks on Christians, to Africa Trip
Pope Francis will visit Kenya in November, the Vatican said on Thursday, a country where Christians have recently been targeted by Islamist militants.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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US Targets Al Shabaab Leader With Drone Strike In Somalia: Pentagon
A US air strike last week targeted a senior leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia, but the Pentagon was still assessing the drone strike operation's results, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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US Air Strike In Somalia Killed Senior Al Shabaab Leader: Pentagon
A US air strike last week killed a senior leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Swedish Citizens Get 11 Years In US Prison For Al Shabaab Support
Two Swedish citizens who US prosecutors said fought alongside the Islamist militant group al Shabaab in Somalia in battles to take control of the country's capital of Mogadishu were sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday.
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Al Shabaab Militants Attack Somali Army Base, Say Dozens Dead
Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya today, saying they had killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force supporting the government during the assault.
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Maryland Man Indicted For Alleged Support Of Al Shabaab: Justice Departent
A Maryland man has been indicted on accusations of supporting the Somalia-based Islamic militant group al Shabaab and appearing in videos for the group, the US Justice Department said on Monday.
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Kenya Charges 4 Women With Recruiting For Islamist Militants
Three Kenyan women and one Tanzanian have been charged with conspiring to recruit Kenyans for the ISIS al Shabaab, a charge sheet issued by a courthouse in Mombasa showed today.
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US Citizen Who Fought for Islamist Group Surrenders in Somalia: Official
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.
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Somali-American to Plead Guilty to Trying to Help Islamic State
A Somali-American man from Minnesota is expected to plead guilty in connection with a federal investigation into recruiting of young people by Islamic State militants, according to a filing in US federal court on Wednesday.
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Pope Francis Adds Kenya, Scene of Attacks on Christians, to Africa Trip
Pope Francis will visit Kenya in November, the Vatican said on Thursday, a country where Christians have recently been targeted by Islamist militants.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
