The Islamist militia let the cameras in to demonstrate its durability as a force but then suffered a major defeat to a Sufi militia, The normally secretive Al Shabaab shed its shyness on London s Channel 4 News on 15 June in a filmed report from training grounds in Somalia, featuring one of its top leaders, Abdirahman Mahamed Warsame, (aka Mahad Karate ). But two days after the broadcast, its fighters suffered a heavy defeat against a Sufi militia in Galmudug.