Al Shabab has long fomented violence and radical Islam in Somalia, helping keep its reputation as the poster child for "failed states." The involvement of the Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group in the September 2013 attack on Kenya's Westgate mall as well as other attacks now appears to have put the group in the cross hairs of terrorism experts, and prompted the US Navy SEALs raid that was unsuccessful in its effort to capture one of its commanders.
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