US Warns Al-Shabab Attack on Ethiopia 'Not a Fluke' - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

A concerted push by al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab to expand from Somalia into Ethiopia appears to have been “largely contained,” according to a senior U.S. military official, though he cautioned that the terror group was likely planning more such attacks in coming months. Almost 500 al-Shabab fighters first crossed into eastern Ethiopia last week, clashing with Ethiopian…

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