House Foreign Affairs committee on militant Group Alshabaab and why he feels it could become more of a global threat if the United States wont counter its influence. Alshabaab is this tamalebased group that took credit for last weeks attack at a canyon Shopping Mall. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order at this time. Today we are going to meet to assess the threat and i would ask all members to take their seats at this time. Today we are going to discuss the threat from alshabaab which is al qaedas franchise in the horn of africa. We are going to discuss the threat that it poses to somalia combat the threat to the horn of africa, to the region and the threat that it can poses to us. Alshabaab translates to the youth and that organization officially swore allegiance if you recall last year in february to al qaeda but the leadership for many years alshabaab had been working closely with
Technical, safety and security matters should be left to those versed in the fields while politicians stick to fulfilling the promises they made during campaigns.