What Is Al-Shabaab And What Do They Want In East Africa?

• published: 08 Apr 2015
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What Is Boko Haram? http://testu.be/1q0GvTr Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Al-Shabaab shot and killed 148 students at a Kenyan university. It's the worst terrorist attack in Kenya since 1998. So, where exactly did al-Shabaab come from, and how strong are they now? Learn More: Somali Militants Kill 147 at Kenyan University http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/world/africa/garissa-university-college-shooting-in-kenya.html?_r=0 "Somali militants burst into a university in eastern Kenya on Thursday and killed nearly 150 students in the worst terrorist attack since the 1998 bombing of the United States Embassy here, laying bare the nation's continuing vulnerability after years of battling Islamist extremism." Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounders on Al Shabab http://www.cfr.org/somalia/al-shabab/p18650 "Al-Shabab, or "the Youth," is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia." Al-Shabaab http://www.nctc.gov/site/groups/al_shabaab.html "The Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahidin-commonly known as al-Shabaab-was the militant wing of the Somali Council of Islamic Courts that took over most of southern Somalia in the second half of 2006." A weakened Al-Shabaab lashes out http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/03/opinions/bergen-al-shabaab-kenya-attack/ "This week's attack on Garissa University College is Al-Shabaab's fifth major assault in Kenya in the past year and a half." Watch More: What Is Boko Haram? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTzpd43HBzo Subscribe to TestTube Daily! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Special thanks to Evan Puschak for hosting TestTube! Check Evan out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheeNerdwriter/media