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Somalia: Al Shabaab Calls Al Qaeda for Aid

25 December 2010 04:24 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Somalia’s Al Shabaab, which US alleges to be Al Qaeda’s proxy in Somalia, on Thursday demanded support and aid from Al Qaeda organization, APA reports quoting all Africa.com web-site.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the unity of Al Shabaab and the destroyed Islamist group of Hizbul Islam in Mogadishu, Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Rage, the spokesman of Al Shabaab called on Jihadists in the world to come to Somalia in order to take part what he called the ongoing jihad in the horn of Africa.
Rage said Hizbul Islam and Al Shabaab merger will make the fighters to redouble attacks on what he described as Somalia’s apostate government and the invading African Christians.
Sheikh Abdulfatah Mohammed Ali, former Hizbul Islam’s head of information, spoke at the occasion. Ali Said Somali government and African Union peacekeepers have failed attempts in which they sthey wanted to dislodge Islamists from Mogadishu.
In the past, the group has announced its allegiance to Al Qaeda.
Officials of Hizbul Islam and Al-shabab have officially announced their unity in a ceremony held at Nasrudin mosque in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday.
This announcement comes as Al-shabab forces had taken over all military bases and areas under the control of Hizbul Islam in the past few days.