Shabaab Pic (UPDATED: and video) of the Day: 40 Lashes

Shabaab Pic (UPDATED: and video) of the Day: 40 Lashes
Members of al Qaeda's Somali affiliate, the al Shabaab, dole out 40 lashes. The image is taken from the Shabaab's official website. I couldn't make out what his "crime" was as Babylon's auto-translation software for Somali really sucks, but apparently the photo was taken in front of the old parliament building.The good news is that earlier reports that al Qaeda's Somali branch had decided to support the newly appointed President look like they were false. At least, I gather that by calling Sheikh Sharif Ahmed an "infidel" in one of their postings, that the Shabaab are closing the door on working with the "moderates" of the Islamic Courts Union. This is good only inasmuch as I'd rather see them killing each other than setting their sites elsewhere.
The bad new is that over the weekend al Qaeda reiterated that Somalia is the new hip place for would-be jihadists to earn their bona fides in a video starring Abu Yahya al-Libi. Which is exactly what young radicals from the West are doing, as evidence by a new Shabaab video featuring a British born "martyr".
Not necessarily bad news when Western jihad supporters go to Somalia to meet their deaths. In fact, if and when the Shabaab begin to take on whatever forces the new "government" of Somalia comes up with then the more power to them. But the British born terrorist, with relatives still in London, also took out some Ethiopians in the process of blowing himself up. Sad, that.
And to make matters worse, some of them live. Then they come home. And that is a problem. A major one.
UPDATE: Here's the video. Thanks to whocaresanymore.Read More "Shabaab Pic (UPDATED: and video) of the Day: 40 Lashes..more...http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/