The Reinvention of Al-Shabaab: A Strategy of Choice or Necessity?
Type
Publication
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Category
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
center for strategic and International studies, United States
URL
[ private ]
Pages
20p
Subject
Africa, Security, Al-shabaab, Governance, Homeland security
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Abstract
The 2013 attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Shopping Center, has positioned the Somali extremist group, Al-Shabaab, firmly in the global spotlight. Some observers have interpreted the attack as a sign of “desperation,” and others perceive it as an indication of AS’s reformation and resurgence .The reality is more complex
Description
20 p.; illus.; 28 cm
Number of Copies
1