In Attack, al Qaeda-Linked Somali Group Expands Reach -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—In claiming responsibility for Sunday's deadly bombings in Uganda, the Somali group Al Shabaab appeared to raise its sights from running large swaths of one of Africa's most lawless countries to embracing al Qaeda's call for global jihad.
The triple bombing in Kampala, which left 76 dead, would mark the first foray beyond war-torn Somalia by a group whose primary focus for years was to impose a radical Islamist agenda inside Somalia. The attacks show what Africa and terror experts say is the growing influence in the group of foreign fighters with ties to Osama bin Laden's global terror network.
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