Analysis Of Al Shabaab 's Origins

Before the 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda’s history is packed with mostly unsuccessful attempts to fulfill its most enduring goal: the unification of other militant Islamic groups under its strategic leadership. Osama Bin Laden’s efforts to build an “Islamic Army” began in the mid-1990s when he was based in Sudan. However, his mission failed because he had no ideology around which to build unity and attract new fighters and other terrorist organizations.

If not for a tip from the Muslim community to the FBI, this group had the means to wage war on US soil. Because the group was willing to identify with the ideology put forth by middle eastern extremism they were able to gain the focus and direction need to realize their end result. In a statement by Dina Temple-Raston,counter terrorism correspondent for NPR "U.S. Counter terrorism officials have become adept at spotting terrorism suspects who travel overseas to get training or arrange large money transfers to support terrorist groups,". NPR’s Greg

Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group in Somalia that aims to create a “fundamentalist Islamic state”. They have caused the deaths of thousands of aid workers, journalists, social leaders, and peacekeepers of the African Union. Just last year, an attack was reported to kill 150 citizens after a raid on the Garissa University College in

In nearly 100 countries throughout the world al-Qaeda had followers in which would carry out attacks, without question, when told to do so. In addition, locals within these countries, alongside professional

The group popped up again approximately a month later in Aqaba, Jordan proving the Egyptian authorities wrong. Aqaba is just across the Red Sea from Taba (Google Maps, 2014). AAB fired three rockets at two U.S. warships in the port of Aqaba in August 2005 (Winter, 2011, p. 886). The physical evidence traced the rockets, and planning back to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi based in Iraq (Klein, 2005). Al-Zaraqwi an al-Qaeda leader claimed responsibility for the attack on the AAB website (Klein, 2005). Although he was not the organization’s founder, al-Zarqawi was deeply involved in AABs long-term development and planning preceding his death by a U.S. airstrike in 2006 (Klein, 2005). After being distinguished as an al-Qaeda affiliate, the AAB ceased claiming any attacks until 2009 (Winter, 2011, p. 887).

Fawaz Gerges, who has done extensive research on Al-Qaeda, has described the themes of development on Al-Qaeda. During the early 1990’s the ideology of Sayyid Qutb [3] had a large influence on the objectives of Al-Qaeda. Qutb stood for the concept of hideous schizophrenia [4], and believed that it has been forever implemented into western societies. Gerges states that it was not until 1996 that Al-Qaeda shifted its focus on the “near enemy” to the “far enemy”. This change in ideology was expressed in the 1996 declaration written by Bin Laden. It was a way to inform Al-Qaeda’s vast network the slight change in ideology, and served to express the newly support in the principles of hideous

Al Qaeda is arguably the most well-known and most dangerous Islamic terrorist organization in the world. It was established around 1990 by a Saudi millionaire, Osama Bin Laden, to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion. The goal of the organization is to reestablish the Muslim state throughout the world. Al Qaeda works with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and remove Westerners from Muslin countries. Groups affiliated with Al Qaeda have conducted numerous bombings and other violent attacks throughout the world that have resulted in the

The Al-Qaeda is the deadliest terrorist group in the world responsible for the worst attacks across the globe. The group is Wahhabi organization that was founded by Osama Bin Laden alongside Abdullah Azzam and other influential militants. When Osama Bin Laden died, it was a big drawback to the group, however, was a big setback for the prominent terrorist group, it still managed to maintain its grounds and grow stronger over the years (Bergen, 2011). Al-Qaeda is responsible for the April 2007 Ashoura massacre and also contributed to the September 11th attack on American soil. Al-Qaeda has very many training grounds spread across the globe with the largest one been the Khalden training camp located in Shorabak in Pakistan that was apparently destroyed by the American military. The core lesson taught at the training camps is the interpretation of the Muslim Sharia law. The Al-Qaeda group has one mission, vision, and objective, to form global jihad to unite all Muslims across the globe (Shahzad, 2011). The Al-Qaeda group has a characteristic way of carrying its attacks via the use suicide bombers who are sent to carry out suicide missions. Al-Qaeda also owns numerous aircraft such as Boeing 727s as well as multiple executive jets.

A task force of over 400 American special operations Soldiers flew into Somalia with orders to apprehend a warlord. Their mission was part of an international peacekeeping and humanitarian effort to stabilize the areas’ estimated 4.5 million starving population. The seventh attempt by these Soldiers, to capture this warlord, named Muhammed Farah Aydid, is the subject of this paper and known as the Battle of Mogadishu, occurring on October 3 - 4, 1993 (Encyclopedia Britannica, “Somalia Intervention”). The process of time, leadership resolution, and the changing battlefield have produced relevant and elaborative primary and secondary sources on this event. This paper examines a number of those sources, which include actors who were

There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The group seeks to rid Muslim countries of western influence and replace them with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. Al-Qaeda grew out of the of the ashes of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1988, after it helped expel the Soviet

The Al-Shabaab is regarded as one of the most dangerous African terrorist organizations. Al-Shabaab is a multiethnic militant group out of Somalia that uses many terrorist tactics in attempts to gain control over the country of Somalia. They use many forms of terrorism that include ideological revolutionary, dissident, and nationalist terrorism, as they have the motive to gain power over a territory by overthrowing the government. The Al-Shabaab is suspected to have taken part in many terrorist attacks, including the 1998 United States embassies bombings. The motive behind their violence is their goal of creating an Islamic state in Somalia, which they believe is morally justified by the ideological beliefs. An important psychological

Al-Shabaab as a terrorist group poses a significant threat in Somalia and in the global community. This paper will start by discussing the background. In this part the paper will show how the group has evolved from Al-Ittihad Al-Islam (AIAI) to the Islamic Court Union (ICU) and lastly to Al-Shabaab. Before discussing the group’s threat of national security, homeland and international, this paper will provide the conceptual meaning of key terminology, such as national security, homeland security, international security and globalization. It is important to understand these concepts before moving toward the main argument of the paper. After providing the framework for key concepts, the paper will discuss the group’s threat to Somalia in two areas, national security and homeland security. The paper will go further and identify the threats posed by the group on other nations’ homeland security and international security. We will use East African countries and the United States examples. The paper will provide evidence to support how globalization has shaped and fueled the threats from Al-Shabaab. It will then discuss the primary response from the United States and from African countries through AMISOM. The paper will provide the way forward and suggestions for the response of the international community to Al-Shabaab. In conclusion, we will try to alert the international community that although the group has been experience hard times in Somalia, it is unwise to

Yes it absolutely poses a threat to U.S. Interests, mainly the financial markets since that is the target. When a terrorist attack happens, it has always changed prices in the every stock market index in the world and not for the better. After 9/11, when the stock market opened again after being closed for 4 days, it sparked a crash of 12% in the first week that stocks resumed trading, and dropping almost 900 point on the Dow Jones industrial average (Shell, 2014). Depending on the target it can also affect economic sectors such as airlines, oil and gas companies and the banking industry. An attack also hurts the economy by instilling fear and the fear of the unknown

On May 24, 2014, two suicide bombers attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in Djibouti’s city center. One person was killed and several others were severely injured. Al-Shabaab claimed initial responsibility and stated that it intended to conduct similar attacks in Djibouti against both native and foreign targets in the future. Such threats have recurred repeatedly since 2011 following Djibouti’s commitment to contribute military forces to the African Union Mission in Somalia

Formed in November 2011, a Foreign Terrorist Organization was created to function under the sharia law, they are now known as