Who And What Is Al Shabaab

Al-Shabab: An al Qaeda-Linked Group "On The Move" And Turning To Global Jihad -- CBS

(CBS News) As the terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenyaentered its third day, the U.S. State Department confirmed that five Americans were wounded in the shopping complex.

CBS News special correspondent John Miller, a former assistant director at the FBI, said on "CBS This Morning" that the unfolding attack sheds new light on the relatively young al Qaeda-linked terrorist group's evolving mission.

Al-Shabab, which means "youth" in Arabic, was established in 2006 as a militant wing of the Islamic fundamentalist forces that controlled parts of Somalia at the time. Its stated mission was to bring Islamic sharia law to Somalia and topple the government.

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Factbox: Al Shabaab retaliates in Kenya for army offensives in Somalia -- Reuters
Kenya Mall Carnage Shows Shabab Resilience -- New York Times
The Militant Group Behind the Kenya Mall Attack Is Live-Tweeting the Massacre -- Slate
Factbox: All you need to know about al-Shabab -- AP/Reuters/SBS
Terror in Nairobi: Behind al-Shabab’s war with Kenya -- Time
Al-Shabaab: the rise of a youth-led Islamist movement -- The Guardian
A primer on al-Shabaab, the extremist group behind the Kenyan massacre -- AP
Kenya attack is product of brutal power struggle within al-Shabaab (commentary) -- The Guardian
A new source of terror: who are al-Shabab? -- Sydney Morning Herald
Al-Shabab: A look at the group claiming responsibility for Kenyan mall attack -- CTV
Who are al Shabab, the Islamist terror group that attacked -- First Post
Q&A on Kenya Terrorist Attack and Al-Shabaab -- Heritage Foundation
What is Al Shabaab and what are the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group's motives? -- ABC News (Australia)
How Al-Shabaab picks its targets -- Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst
10 things to know about Somali militants al-Shabab -- NBC
Al-Shabaab grew amid Somalia's lawlessness -- Tom Watkins, CNN
We are losing fight against al-Shabaab -- Katherine Zimmerman, Special to CNN
Q&A: Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? -- BBC