Mahad Karate, a senior official and a deputy emir of Shabaab, al-Qaeda's branch for East Africa, again named several al-Qaeda leaders present in Mogadishu during the infamous 'Black Hawk Down' incident in 1993.
[Headnote] Islam, which unites Somalis across clan and regional lines, must be the backbone for any successful political solution to the war-weary country. [.]