1091: Shabaab, “the Taliban of Africa,” controls much of Kenya. @thomasjoscelyn, billroggio, @Long War Journal, @FDD, @billroggio,
Image: Kenya. Karatina. Local market under large trees Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and @FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, @Long War Journal and @FDD; both create the podcast: Generation Jihad; in re: Shabaab [“the Taliban of Africa”], an al Q offshoot, controls one-half of northern Kenya said the governor of the northern province; in his province, 60% is under Shabaab. It must have tens of thousands of fighters to maintain this control. No large-scale counterinsurgency fights coming from the US; instead, will it maintain small numbers of troops to assist local governments?