Al Shabaab confirms its getting support from Eritrea

This isn't the first mention of an Eritrea - al Shabaab link. An assassination plot, by al Shabaab, to kill President Obama on inauguration day had been supported by Eritrea. The US threatened Eritrea with war if the plot were successful.

President Obama's top official, Jonnie Carson, had expressed concern over the arms link between al Shabaab and Eritrea.

Al Shabaab is just confirming what we already knew. Reuters via Jihad Watch

"Eritrea supports us and Ethiopia is our enemy -- we once helped both countries but Ethiopia did not reward us," Aweys, dressed in a dark suit, told Reuters in an interview.[...]

"There may be two or three Arabs who were moved by Islam to fight alongside us. But there is no large number of foreign Mujahideen in Mogadishu. We and the Arabs are all Muslims -- so we are Arabs," he said.

"We are not fighting for positions, but for Islam. It is agreed upon within Islam that Christians and those they support are the same -- so war is incumbent upon us, like prayer."

Will we see any muslims rioting over al Shabaab's supposed "misunderstanding" and "offensive" behavior towards islam?

"Somalia has no government we recognise," said Aweys. "We should not be deceived by Westerners like Sharif."