Call for Western Involvement in Al-Shabab Fight
10/08/2013
Nairobi Attack Reveals Al-Qaida’s Influence in Horn of Africa
Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English.
I’m Avi Arditti.
Today we report on efforts by Somali-based al-Shabab to get people in the United States to join the group.
“So we’re not talking about the root cause -- what caused these people to go back, ostensibly to defend the dignity and the sovereignty of a nation that is being destroyed.”
But first, we report on efforts to persuade Western powers to become more-involved in the fight against al-Shabab.
“The level of support might increase, but I don’t think you’d see anything like American direct intervention for example.”
People run from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 21 2013, after gunmen threw grenades and opened fire during an attack.
Al-Shabab Attack Unlikely To Cause Western Intervention
Several Westerners were among the 67 people killed last month by al-Shabab gunmen in Kenya. The September 21st attack took place at a shopping center in the capital Nairobi.
Since the attack there have been calls for Western countries to get more involved in the fight against al-Shabab. The group is based in Somalia and linked to al-Qaida.
But experts say that is not likely to happen.
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