{"id":34114,"date":"2017-04-24T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/al-qaeda-or-isis-shabaab-militants-fight\/"},"modified":"2017-04-24T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:59:34","slug":"al-qaeda-or-isis-shabaab-militants-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/al-qaeda-or-isis-shabaab-militants-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Qaeda or ISIS? Shabaab militants fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Security agencies have been placed on high alert after fighting broke out among Al-Shabaab factions in Somalia, with some militants fleeing to Kenya.}<\/p>\n

Some Al-Shabaab commanders want to remain committed to Al-Qaeda while a new crop of leaders want to be allied to the Syrian-based Islamic State group.<\/p>\n

The war broke on April 15 when Al-Shabaab executed Sheikh Said Bulbul and Abu Karim, who ranked high in the organisation\u2019s hierarchy.<\/p>\n

The two had sworn allegiance to IS.<\/p>\n

{{Executions }}<\/p>\n

Soon, Al-Shabaab, which years ago joined Al-Qaeda, started what security agencies described as cleansing of militants who could not be trusted, most of them foreign fighters.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Yusuf Hassan, 26 and Ahmed Nur Abdi Osoble, 20 \u2014 both Kenyans \u2014 were executed by firing squad at Buq Aqable in Hiraan region on March 27.<\/p>\n

Other Kenyans killed include a fugitive identified as Asum from Majengo, Nairobi, Omambia Jared, a former Moi University student, and Faraj Abdumajid from Mombasa.<\/p>\n

{{Spies killed }} <\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab squads also publicly beheaded four foreign fighters in Lower Juba, accusing them of spying for the Kenya Defence Forces and Somali National Army.<\/p>\n

Civilians suspected of spying by the terrorists have not been spared either.<\/p>\n

Security sources say at present, only one Kenyan is in the good books of the terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Iman, a former Kenyatta University student who grew up in Majengo, Nairobi, is in-charge of prosecutions and executions.<\/p>\n

He was previously in charge of Al-Shabaab propaganda on the internet.<\/p>\n

Iman is a common figure in internet videos, and if often seen wearing military fatigues and taunting the KDF and AU missions in Somalia.<\/p>\n

Kenyan soldiers entered Somalia in October 2011 to neutralise the Al-Shabaab threat.<\/p>\n

{{Police remain vigilant }} <\/p>\n

A confidential dispatch seen by the Nation says security agencies have been placed on alert after an audio recording by Abu Musab, an Al-Shabaab militant, was intercepted.<\/p>\n

In the clip, he is seen castigating the execution of the two and pledging loyalty to IS.<\/p>\n

The audio urges recruits to join a new faction of Al-Shabaab called Dini ya Kiislamu Super Power or DKSP.<\/p>\n

Security agencies say the faction is headed by a Sheikh Mumin.<\/p>\n

According to estimates, he has 1,035 followers in Kenya.<\/p>\n

Seven are known to security agencies and are on the police list of the country\u2019s wanted terrorists.<\/p>\n

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Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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