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|fullname = Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen | |fullname = Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen | ||
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|agents = [[Mukhtar Robow]]<br>[[Fuad Mohammed Khalaf]]<br>[[Hassan Dahir Aweys]]<br>[[Mohamed Said Atom]] | |agents = [[Mukhtar Robow]]<br>[[Fuad Mohammed Khalaf]]<br>[[Hassan Dahir Aweys]]<br>[[Mohamed Said Atom]] | ||
|skills = Military training | |skills = Military training | ||
|goals = Turn Somalia into a jihadist state (ongoing) | |goals = Turn Somalia into a [[Jihad|jihadist]] state (ongoing) | ||
|crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[ | |crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Sectarianism]] | ||
|type of villains = Terrorists}} | |type of villains = Terrorists}}'''Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen''' (HSM) ("Movement of Striving Youth"), more commonly known as '''al-Shabaab''' ("The Youth") is a [[Militant Islam]]ist insurgent group fighting to overthrow the government of Somalia. As of summer 2010 the group is said to control most of the southern and central parts of Somalia, including "a large swath" of the capital, Mogadishu, where it is said to have imposed its own "harsh" form of Sharia law. Estimates of al-Shabaab's strength, as of December 2008, vary between 3,000 to 7,000. They are allies with [[Al-Qaeda]]. | ||
'''Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen''' (HSM) ("Movement of Striving Youth"), more commonly known as '''al-Shabaab''' ("The Youth") is a [[Militant Islam]]ist insurgent group fighting to overthrow the government of Somalia. As of summer 2010 the group is said to control most of the southern and central parts of Somalia, including "a large swath" of the capital, Mogadishu, where it is said to have imposed its own "harsh" form of Sharia law. Estimates of al-Shabaab's strength, as of December 2008, vary between 3,000 to 7,000. They are allies with [[Al-Qaeda]]. | |||
Al-Shabaab's current ''de facto'' capital is believed to be the port town of Barawa Southwestern Somalia. | Al-Shabaab's current ''de facto'' capital is believed to be the port town of Barawa Southwestern Somalia. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The group is an off-shoot of the [[Islamic Courts Union]], which splintered into several smaller groups after its removal from power by Ethiopian forces in 2006. The group describes itself as waging jihad against "enemies of Islam" and is engaged in combat against the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). It has reportedly "declared war on the U.N. and on Western non-governmental organizations" that distribute food aid in Somalia, killing 42 relief workers in the past two years of 2008 and 2009. It has been designated a terrorist organization by several western governments and security services. The current leader is named [[Ahmad Umar]] . | The group is an off-shoot of the [[Islamic Courts Union]], which splintered into several smaller groups after its removal from power by Ethiopian forces in 2006. The group describes itself as waging jihad against "enemies of Islam" and is engaged in combat against the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). It has reportedly "declared war on the U.N. and on Western non-governmental organizations" that distribute food aid in Somalia, killing 42 relief workers in the past two years of 2008 and 2009. It has been designated a terrorist organization by several western governments and security services. The current leader is named [[Ahmad Umar]] . | ||
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An attack on a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on January 15, 2019 is attributed to al-Shabaab. | An attack on a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on January 15, 2019 is attributed to al-Shabaab. | ||
[[Category:List]] | [[Category:List]] | ||
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[[Category:African Villains]] | [[Category:African Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Villains of the War on Terror]] | [[Category:Villains of the War on Terror]] | ||
[[Category:Anti- | [[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | ||
[[Category:Destroyer]] | [[Category:Destroyer]] | ||
[[Category:Mass Murderers]] | [[Category:Mass Murderers]] | ||
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[[Category:Iconoclasts]] | [[Category:Iconoclasts]] | ||
[[Category:Hegemony]] | [[Category:Hegemony]] | ||