Um...regular readers of Report on Arrakis would have known about this since a year and a half ago. BBC
omali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's global militant campaign.
The group said in a statement that the "jihad of Horn of Africa must be combined with the international jihad led by the al-Qaeda network".[...]
Despite repeated accusations by the US that al-Shabab is linked to al-Qaeda, the group denied the connection in a recent interview with the BBC.
The BBC Somali service's Mohamed Mohamed says it is the first time the group has officially confirmed its fight is linked to al-Qaeda.
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