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Battle of Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down
A battle between americans and Al-Shbaab. Two american helicopters were shot down. The results of the battle caused 18 deaths, 80 wounded, and 1 captured. This is where Al-Shabaab first came known -
Named Terrorist Organization
After the tragic events of 9/11, Bush and his supporters quickly named AL-Shabaab a major terrorist organization after finding out they had a major role in the attacks against the US on this day. -
2006-2009 war in Somalia
War between U.S. driven Ethiopian troops versus Al-Shabaab forces for control of the country. Eventually at the end of 2009, Ethiopian troops had to pull out giving leadership to Al-Shabaab. -
New Leader
Al-Shabaab got a new leader under the name of Ibrahim Al-Afghani. -
Twitter
Al-Shabaab main forced created a twitter to communicate with Allies and to tell the world why they do the things they do. -
Troop count
In Mat of 2011, Al-Shabaab's troop count expandede up to 15,000 troops. The most its ever been at one time. It shows that they keep expanding their search and are getting stronger every day. -
Merging
On this day, they officially announced the merging with Al-Queda. This is basically a merging who want the same thing wihich is an islamic state of government in Somalia. -
Al-Quada incident
Al-Shabaab quarrelled with Al-Queda over the union and quickly lost ground to the forces of Al-Queda. -
Kenyan mall attack
Al-Shabaab troops roughly 15-20 took over a mall and killed over 75 people and injuring many more. They were upset after their country was taken over from what they said. -
Suicide Bomber
A suicide bomber killed 13 people in a restuarant by a military base near Beledweyne.
