On Wednesday, January 21, Swiss regulators delisted the following individual:

SSID: 180-8041 Name: Mohamed Sa’id

DOB: 1966 (approximately) POB: Galgala, Somalia Good quality a.k.a.: a) “Atom” b)
Mohamed Sa’id Atom c) Mohamed Siad Atom Address: a) Galgala, Somalia b) Badhan,
Somalia

Justification: a) Mohamed Sa’id “Atom” has engaged in acts that threaten the peace,
security or stability of Somalia. Atom has directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or transferred to
Somalia arms or related materiel or advice, training, or assistance, including financing and
financial assistance, related to military activities in violation of the arms embargo. Atom has
been identified as one of the principal suppliers of arms and ammunition for Al-Shabaab
operations in the Puntland region. He is described as the leader of a militia that emerged in
2006 in the eastern Sanaag region of northern Somalia. The militia comprises as many as
250 fighters and has been implicated in incidents of kidnapping, piracy and terrorism, and
imports its own weapons, in violation of the arms embargo. Atom has established his force
as the principal military presence in the area, with a primary base near Galgala and a
secondary base near Badhan. According to some information, Atom is aligned with Al-
Shabaab and may receive instructions from al-Shabaab leader Fu’aad Mohamed Khalaf. b)
Furthermore, Atom is reportedly involved in arms trafficking into Somalia. Information from a
number of sources indicates that his forces receive arms and equipment from Yemen and
Eritrea. According to a Dec 2008 report, an eyewitness described six such shipments during
a four-week period in early 2008, each sufficient to fill two pickup trucks with small arms,
ammunition, and rocket-propelled grenades. According to a Bossaso businessman familiar
with the arms trade, Atom’s consignments do not enter the arms market, suggesting that
they are either retained for the use of his forces or are transferred to recipients in southern
Somalia, where Al-Shabaab operates. c) Atom’s forces were implicated in the kidnapping of
a German aid worker, in the kidnapping of two Somalis near Bossaso, and in a bombing of
Ethiopian migrants in Bossaso on 5 Feb 2008, which killed 20 people and wounded over 100
others. Atom’s militia may also have played a secondary role in the kidnapping of a German couple captured by pirates in Jun 2008. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014, de-listed
on 21 Jan 2015

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Last Wednesday, Swiss regulators added the following 2 persons:

SSID: 180-28884 Name: Maalim Salman

DOB: 1979 (approximately) POB: Nairobi, Kenya Good quality a.k.a.: a) Mu’alim Salman
b) Mualem Suleiman c) Ameer Salman d) Ma’alim Suleiman e) Maalim Salman Ali f) Maalim
Selman Ali g) Ma’alim Selman h) Ma’alin Sulayman Address: Somalia

Justification: a) Maalim Salman was chosen by al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi aw-
Mohamed aka Godane to be the head of African foreign fighters for al-Shabaab. He has
trained foreign nationals who were seeking to join al-Shabaab as African foreign fighters,
and has been involved in operations in Africa targeting tourists, entertainment
establishments, and churches. b) Although focused mainly on operations outside of Somalia,
Salman is known to reside in Somalia and train foreign fighters in Somalia before
dispatching them elsewhere. Some of al-Shabaab’s foreign fighters also have a presence in
Somalia. For example, Salman ordered al-Shabaab foreign fighters to southern Somalia in
response to an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) offensive. c) Among other
terrorist attacks, al-Shabaab was responsible for the attack on the Westgate shopping mall
in Nairobi, Kenya in Sep 2013, which resulted in the deaths of at least 67 people. More
recently, al-Shabaab claimed the Aug 31, 2014 attack on the National Intelligence and
Security Agency prison in Mogadishu, killing three security guards and two civilians, and
injuring 15 others. Modifications: Listed on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-28926 Name: Ahmed Diriye

DOB: 1972 (approximately) POB: Somalia Good quality a.k.a.: a) Sheikh Ahmed Umar
Abu Ubaidah b) Sheikh Omar Abu Ubaidaha c) Sheikh Ahmed Umar d) Sheikh Mahad
Omar Abdikarim e) Abu Ubaidah f) Abu Diriye Address: Somalia

Justification: Ahmed Diriye was appointed as the new emir of Al-Shabaab following the
death of the previous leader Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed, an individual listed by the Security
Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009). This was publicly
announced in a statement by Al-Shabaab’s spokesperson, Sheikh Ali Dheere, released on 6 Sep 2014. Diriye has been a senior member of Al-Shabaab and as the emir he exercises
command responsibility for Al-Shabaab’s operations. He will be directly responsible for Al-
Shabaab’s activities which continue to threaten the peace, security and stability of Somalia.
Diriye has since adopted the Arabic name Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abu Ubaidah. Relation:
Emir of Al-Shabaab (SSID 180-8149) Modifications: Listed on 8 Oct 2014

and updated the following individual listings:

SSID: 180-7936 Name: Yasin Ali Baynah

DOB: 24 Dec 1965 Good quality a.k.a.: a) Ali Yasin Baynah b) Ali Yassin Mohamed c)
Baynah Yasin d) Baynah Yassin e) Baynax Yasiin Cali f) Beenah Yasin g) Beenah Yassin h)
Beenax Yasin i) Beenax Yassin j) Benah Yasin k) Benah Yassin l) Benax Yassin m) Beynah
Yasin n) Binah Yassin o) Cali Yasiin Baynax Address: a) Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden b)
Mogadishu, Somalia Nationality: a) Somalia b) Sweden

Justification: Yasin Ali Baynah has incited attacks against the Transitional Federal
Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). He has also
mobilized support and raised funds on behalf of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia
and Hisbul Islam, both of which have actively engaged in acts that threaten the peace and
security of Somalia, including rejection of the Djibouti Agreement, and attacks on the TFG
and AMISOM forces in Mogadishu. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-7961 Name: Hassan Dahir Aweys

DOB: 1935 Good quality a.k.a.: a) Ali Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys b) Awes Hassan Dahir
c) Awes Shaykh Hassan Dahir d) Aweyes Hassen Dahir e) Aweys Ahmed Dahir f) Aweys
Sheikh g) Aweys Sheikh Hassan Dahir h) Dahir Aweys Hassan i) Ibrahim Mohammed
Hassan j) Oais Hassan Tahir k) Uways Hassan Tahir l) Hassan Sheikh Address: Somalia
Nationality: Somalia

Justification: Hassan Dahir Aweys has acted and continues to act as a senior political and
ideological leader of a variety of armed opposition groups responsible for repeated violations
of the general and complete arms embargo and/or acts that threaten the Djibouti peace
agreement, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) forces. Between Jun 2006 and Sep 2007, Aweys served as chairman of
the central committee of the Islamic Courts Union; in Jul 2008 he declared himself chairman
of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia-Asmara wing; and in May 2009 he was
named chairman of Hisbul Islam, an alliance of groups opposed to the TFG. In each of these
positions, Aweys’s statements and actions have demonstrated an unequivocal and
sustained intention to dismantle the TFG and expel AMISOM by force from Somalia.
Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-7979 Name: Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki

DOB: 1944 (approximately) POB: Ogaden Region, Ethiopia Good quality a.k.a.: a) Al-Turki
Hassan b) Turki Hassan c) Turki Hassan Abdillahi Hersi d) Turki Sheikh Hassan e) Xirsi
Xasan Cabdilaahi f) Xirsi Xasan Cabdulle Address: Somalia Nationality: Somalia
Justification: Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki has been a senior leader of an armed militia
group since the mid-1990s and had engaged in numerous arms embargo violations. In 2006,
Al-Turki contributed forces to the Islamic Courts Union take-over of Mogadishu and emerged
as a military leader in the group, aligned with Al-Shabaab. Since 2006, Al-Turki has made territory under his control available for training by various armed opposition groups including
Al-Shabaab. In Sep 2007, Al-Turki appeared in an Al-Jazeera news video showing militia
training under his leadership. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-7993 Name: Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed

DOB: 10 Jul 1977 POB: Hargeysa, Somalia Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Zubeyr Muktar
Abdirahman; b) Abuzubair Muktar Abdulrahim; c) Aw Mohammed Ahmed Abdi d) Aw-
Mohamud Ahmed Abdi e) Godane”Godane” f) Godani”Godani” g) Mukhtar Shaykh”Mukhtar
Shaykh” h) Zubeyer Abu”Zubeyr Abu” Nationality: Somalia

Justification: Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed is a senior leader of Al-Shabaab and was publicly
named emir of the organization in Dec 2007. He exercises command responsibility for Al-
Shabaab operations across Somalia. Aw-Mohamed has denounced the Djibouti peace
process as a foreign conspiracy, and in a May 2009 audio recording to Somali media, he
acknowledged that his forces were engaged in recent fighting in Mogadishu. Modifications:
Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8008 Name: Fuad Mohamed Khalaf

Good quality a.k.a.: a) Fuad Mohamed Khalif b) Fuad Mohamed Qalaf c) Fuad Mohammed
Kalaf d) Fuad Mohamed Kalaf e) Fuad Mohammed Khalif f) Fuad Khalaf g) Fuad Shongale
h) Fuad Shongole i) Fuad Shangole j) Fuad Songale k) Fouad Shongale l) Fuad
Muhammad Khalaf Shongole Address: a) Mogadishu, Somalia b) Somalia Nationality:
Somalia

Justification: Khalaf has facilitated financial support to al-Shabaab; in May 2008 he held
two fundraising events for al-Shabaab at mosques in Kismaayo, Somalia. In Apr 2008,
Khalaf and several other individuals directed vehicle borne explosive device attacks on
Ethiopian bases and Somali Transitional Federal Government elements in Mogadishu,
Somalia. In May 2008, Khalaf and a group of fighters attacked and captured a police station
in Mogadishu, killing and wounding several soldiers. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct
2014

SSID: 180-8025 Name: Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud

DOB: a) 1979 (approximately)1979 b) 1982 Good quality a.k.a.: a) Bashir Mohamed
Mahmoud b) Bashir Mahmud Mohammed c) Bashir Mohamed Mohamud d) Bashir
Mohamed Mohamoud e) Bashir Yare f) Bashir Qorgab g) Gure Gap h) Abu Muscab”Abu
Muscab” i) Qorgab”Qorgab” Address: Mogadishu, Somalia Nationality: Somalia
Justification: Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud is a military commander of Al-Shabaab.
Mahamoud was also one of approximately ten members on Al-Shabaab’s leadership council
as of late 2008. Mahamoud and an associate were in charge of the 10 Jun 2009 mortar
attack against the Somali Transitional Federal Government in Mogadishu. Other
information: Date range: DOB a)range : between 1979 and 1982 (approximately).
Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8041 Name: Mohamed Sa’id

DOB: 1966 (approximately) POB: Galgala, Somalia Good quality a.k.a.: a) Atom”Atom” b)
Mohamed Sa’id Atom c) Mohamed Siad Atom Address: a) Galgala, Somalia b) Badhan,
Somalia

Justification: a) Mohamed Sa’id “Atom” has engaged in acts that threaten the peace,
security or stability of Somalia. Atom has directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or transferred to
Somalia arms or related materiel or advice, training, or assistance, including financing and financial assistance, related to military activities in violation of the arms embargo. Atom has
been identified as one of the principal suppliers of arms and ammunition for Al-Shabaab
operations in the Puntland region. He is described as the leader of a militia that emerged in
2006 in the eastern Sanaag region of northern Somalia. The militia comprises as many as
250 fighters and has been implicated in incidents of kidnapping, piracy and terrorism, and
imports its own weapons, in violation of the arms embargo. Atom has established his force
as the principal military presence in the area, with a primary base near Galgala and a
secondary base near Badhan. According to some information, Atom is aligned with Al-
Shabaab and may receive instructions from al-Shabaab leader Fu’aad Mohamed Khalaf. b)
Furthermore, Atom is reportedly involved in arms trafficking into Somalia. Information from a
number of sources indicates that his forces receive arms and equipment from Yemen and
Eritrea. According to a Dec 2008 report, an eyewitness described six such shipments during
a four-week period in early 2008, each sufficient to fill two pickup trucks with small arms,
ammunition, and rocket-propelled grenades. According to a Bossaso businessman familiar
with the arms trade, Atom’s consignments do not enter the arms market, suggesting that
they are either retained for the use of his forces or are transferred to recipients in southern
Somalia, where Al-Shabaab operates. c) Atom’s forces were implicated in the kidnapping of
a German aid worker, in the kidnapping of two Somalis near Bossaso, and in a bombing of
Ethiopian migrants in Bossaso on 5 Feb 2008, which killed 20 people and wounded over 100
others. Atom’s militia may also have played a secondary role in the kidnapping of a German
couple captured by pirates in Jun 2008. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8053 Name: Fares Mohammed Mana’a

DOB: 8 Feb 1965 POB: Sadah, Yemen Good quality a.k.a.: a) Faris Mana’a b) Fares
Mohammed Manaa Identification document: a) Passport No. 00514146, Yemen, Place of
issue: Sanaa, Yemen b) ID card No. 1417576, Yemen, Date of issue: 7 Jan 1996, Place of
issue: Al-Amana, Yemen

Justification: Fares Mohammed Mana’a has directly or indirectly supplied, sold or
transferred to Somalia arms or related materiel in violation of the arms embargo. Mana’a is a
known arms trafficker. In Oct 2009, the Yemeni government released a blacklist of 9 arms
dealers with Mana’a “on top,” as part of an effort to stem the flood of weapons in the country,
where weapons reportedly outnumber people. “Faris Manaa is a major weapons trafficker,
and that’s well known,” according to Jun 2009 reporting by a U.S. journalist who is a
commentator on Yemeni affairs, authors a semi-annual country report, and has contributed
to Jane’s Intelligence Group. In a Dec 2007 Yemen Times article, he is referenced as
“Sheikh Fares Mohammed Mana’a, an arms dealer.” In a Jan 2008 Yemen Times article, he
is referred to as “Sheikh Faris Mana’a, an arms tradesman.” Other information: As of mid-
2008, Yemen continues to serve as a hub for illegal arms shipments to the Horn of Africa,
particularly arms shipments by boat to Somalia. There are unconfirmed reports that Faris
Mana’a has participated in shipments to Somalia on numerous occasions. In 2004, Mana’a
was involved in weapons contracts from Eastern Europe for weapons allegedly marketed to
Somali fighters. Despite the Somalia UN arms embargo since 1992, Mana’a’s interest in
trafficking arms into Somalia can be traced back at least to 2003. Mana’a made an offer to
buy thousands of arms in 2003 from Eastern Europe, and indicated that he planned to sell
some of the arms in Somalia. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8067 Name: Hassan Mahat Omar

DOB: 10 Apr 1979 POB: Garissa, Kenya Good quality a.k.a.: a) Hassaan Hussein Adam b) Hassane Mahad Omar c) Xassaan Xuseen Adan d) Asan Mahad Cumar e) Abu Salman
f) Abu Salmaan g) Sheikh Hassaan Hussein Address: Nairobi, Kenya Identification
document: a) Passport No. A1180173, Kenya, Expiry date: 20 Aug 2017 b) ID card No.
23446085, Kenya

Justification: a) Hassan Mahat Omar is engaging in acts that threaten the peace, security
or stability of Somalia. b) He is an Imam and one of the leaders of Masjid-ul-Axmar, an
informal Al-Shabaab affiliated centre in Nairobi. c) He is also involved in recruiting new
members and soliciting funds for Al-Shabaab, including online at the Al-Shabaab affiliated
website alqimmah.net. In addition, he has issued fatwas calling for attacks against the TFG
on an Al-Shabaab chat room site. Other information: Nationality: Possibly Ethiopian.
Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8086 Name: Omar Hammami

DOB: 6 May 1984 POB: Alabama, United States Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Maansuur Al-
Amriki b) Abu Mansour Al-Amriki c) Abu Mansuur Al-Amriki d) Umar Hammami e) Abu
Mansur Al-Amriki Address: Somalia (Lived in Egypt in 2005 and moved to Somalia in 2009.)
Nationality: United States Identification document: a) Passport No. 403062567, United
States b) Other No. 423-31-3021, United States (US Social Security Number)

Justification: a) Omar Hammami is engaging in acts that threaten the peace, security or
stability of Somalia. b) He is a senior member of Al-Shabaab. c) He is involved in
recruitment, finance and payroll for foreign fighters in Somalia. Other information: a) Also
believed to hold Syrian nationality. Married to a Somali woman. b) He is described as an
expert in explosives and warfare in general. c) Since Oct 2007 he has appeared in television
reports and in Al-Shabaab propaganda videos. He has been shown in a video training Al-
Shabaab fighters. He has also been shown in videos and on websites calling for more
fighters to join Al-Shabaab. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8121 Name: Mohammed Aboud Rogo

DOB: a) 11 Nov 1960 b) 11 Nov 1967 c) 11 Nov 1969 d) 1 Jan 19671969 POB: Lamu
Island, Kenya Good quality a.k.a.: a) Aboud Mohammad Rogo b) Aboud Seif Rogo c)
Aboud Mohammed Rogo d) Sheikh Aboud Rogo e) Aboud Rogo Muhammad f) Aboud Rogo
Mohamed

Justification: a) Kenya-based extremist Aboud Rogo Mohammed has threatened the
peace, security, or stability of Somalia, by providing financial, material, logistical, or technical
support to al-Shabaab, an entity listed by the UNSC Committee established pursuant to
resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia and resolution 1907 (2009) concerning Eritrea for
engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia.
b) Aboud Rogo Mohammed is an extremist Islamic cleric based in Kenya. He continues to
exert influence over extremist groups in East Africa as part of his campaign to promote
violence throughout East Africa. Aboud Rogo’s activities include fund-raising for al-Shabaab.
c) As the main ideological leader of Al Hijra, formerly known as the Muslim Youth Center,
Aboud Rogo Mohammed has used the extremist group as a pathway for radicalization and
recruitment of principally Swahili speaking Africans for carrying out violent militant activity in
Somalia. In a series of inspirational lectures between Feb 2009 and Feb 2012, Aboud
repeatedly called for the violent rejection of the Somali peace process. During these
lectures, Rogo repeatedly called for the use of violence against both the United Nations and
the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces in Somalia, and urged his audiences
to travel to Somalia to join al-Shabaab’s fight against the Kenyan Government. d) Aboud Rogo Mohammed also offers guidance on how Kenyan recruits joining al-Shabaab can
evade detection by the Kenyan authorities, and which routes to follow when traveling from
Mombasa and/or Lamu to Al-Shabaab strongholds in Somalia, notably Kismayo. He has
facilitated the travel to Somalia of numerous Kenyan recruits for al-Shabaab. In Sep 2011,
Rogo was recruiting individuals in Mombasa, Kenya for travel into Somalia, presumably to
conduct terrorist operations. In Sep 2008, Rogo held a fundraising meeting in Mombasa to
help finance al-Shabaab activities in Somalia. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

SSID: 180-8136 Name: Ahmed Abubaker Shariff

DOB: a) 19671962 b) 1967 POB: Kenya Good quality a.k.a.: a) Makaburi b) Sheikh
Abubakar Ahmed c) Abubaker Shariff Ahmed d) Abu Makaburi Shariff e) Abubaker Shariff f)
Abubakar Ahmed Address: Majengo area, Mombasa, Kenya

Justification: a) Abubaker Shariff Ahmed is a leading facilitator and recruiter of young
Kenyan Muslims for violent militant activity in Somalia, and a close associate of Aboud
Rogo. He provides material support to extremists groups in Kenya (and elsewhere in East
Africa). Through his frequent trips to al-Shabaab strongholds in Somalia, including Kismayo,
he has been able to maintain strong ties with senior al-Shabaab members. b) Abubaker
Shariff Ahmed is also engaged in the mobilization and management of funding for al-
Shabaab, an entity listed by the UNSC Committee established pursuant to resolution 751
(1992) concerning Somalia and resolution 1907 (2009) concerning Eritrea for engaging in
acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia. c)
Abubaker Shariff Ahmed has preached at mosques in Mombasa that young men should
travel to Somalia, commit extremist acts, fight for al-Qa’ida, and kill U.S. citizens. d) As of
2010, Abubaker Shariff Ahmed acted as a recruiter and facilitator for al-Shabaab in the
Majengo area of Mombasa, Kenya. Other information: Abubaker Shariff Ahmed was
arrested in late Dec 2010 by Kenyan authorities on suspicion of involvement in the bombing
of a Nairobi bus terminal. Abubaker Shariff Ahmed is also a leader of a Kenya-based youth
organization in Mombasa with ties to al-Shabaab. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

and entity:

SSID: 180-8149 Name: Al-Shabaab

Good quality a.k.a.: a) Al-Shabab b) Shabaab c) The Youth d) Mujahidin Al-Shabaab
Movement e) Mujahideen Youth Movement f) Mujahidin Youth Movement g) Mym h)
Harakat Shabab Al-Mujahidin i) Hizbul Shabaab j) Hisb’ul Shabaab k) Al-Shabaab Al-
Islamiya l) Youth Wing m) Al-Shabaab Al-Islaam n) Al-Shabaab Al-Jihaad o) The Unity of
Islamic Youth p) Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahidiin q) Harakatul Shabaab Al Mujaahidiin r)
Mujaahidiin Youth Movement Address: Somalia

Justification: a) Al-Shabaab has engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the
peace, security, or stability of Somalia, including but not limited to acts that threaten the
Djibouti Agreement of Aug 18, 2008, or the political process and acts that threaten the
Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), or
other international peacekeeping operations related to Somalia. b) Al-Shabaab has also
obstructed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Somalia, or access to, or distribution of
humanitarian assistance in Somalia. Other information: a) According to the Statement by
the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751
(1992) concerning Somalia to the Security Council delivered on 29 Jul 2009, both Al-
Shabaab and Hisb’ul Islam publicly and repeatedly claimed responsibility for the attacks by
their forces on the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and AMISOM. Al-Shabaab had also claimed responsibility for the killing of TFG officials, and on 19 Jul 2009 had raided and
shut down the field offices of UNOPS, UNDSS and UNDP in the Bay and Bakool regions, in
violation of paragraph 8 (c) of resolution 1844 (2008). Al-Shabaab has also repeatedly
obstructed access to, or distribution of humanitarian assistance in Somalia. b) The United
Nations Security Council’s Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia,
dated 20 Jul 2009, contained the following paragraphs involving the activities of al-Shabaab
in Somalia: Insurgent groups, such as Al-Shabaab, are alleged to be extorting money from
private companies and recruiting young people to join the fight against the Government in
Mogadishu, including child soldiers. Al-Shabaab has confirmed the presence of foreign
fighters within its ranks and has stated openly that it is working with Al-Qaeda in Mogadishu
to remove the Government of Somalia. The foreign fighters, many of whom reportedly
originate from Pakistan and Afghanistan, appear to be well trained and battle-tested. They
have been observed wearing hoods and directing offensive operations against Government
forces in Mogadishu and neighbouring regions. Al-Shabaab has intensified its strategy to
coerce and intimidate the Somali population, as reflected in the carefully selected high gain
assassinations and arrests of clan elders, several of whom have been murdered. On 19 Jun
2009, Omar Hashi Aden, the Minister of National Security, was killed in a large-scale suicide
car bomb in Beletwyne. Over 30 other people were killed in the attack, which was strongly
condemned by the international community and a broad cross-section of Somali society. c)
According to the Dec 2008 report from the UN Security Council Somalia Monitoring Group
(2008/769), Al-Shabaab is responsible for a variety of attacks within Somalia over the last
several years, including: the reported killing and beheading of a Somali driver working for the
World Food Programme in Sep 2008, the bombing of a market in Puntland that killed 20 and
wounded over 100 on 6 Feb 2008, a campaign of bombings and targeted killings in
Somaliland intended to disrupt the 2006 parliamentary elections and the murders of several
foreign aid workers in 2003 and 2004. d) According to reporting, Al-Shabaab raided United
Nations compounds in Somalia on 20 Jul 2009, and issued a decree banning three agencies
of the United Nations from the Al-Shabaab controlled areas of Somalia. Additionally, Somali
Transitional Federal Government forces fought Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam insurgents from
11-12 Jul 2009 resulting in the deaths of over 60 people. In the fighting on 11 Jul 2009, Al-
Shabaab landed four mortars inside Villa Somalia that resulted in the deaths of three African
Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers and injuries to eight others. e) According to an
article published by the British Broadcasting Corporation on 22 Feb 2009, Al-Shabaab
claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on an African Union military base in
Mogadishu. According to the article, the African Union confirmed that 11 African Union
peacekeepers were killed and 15 others were hurt. f) According to an article published by
Reuters on 14 Jul 2009, Al-Shabaab militants made gains in 2009 in guerrilla-style attacks
on Somali and African Union forces. g) According to an article published by Voice of
America on 10 Jul 2009, Al-Shabaab was involved in an attack on Somali government forces
in May 2009. According to an article posted on the website of the Council on Foreign
Relations authored on 27 Feb 2009, Al-Shabaab has waged an insurgency against
Somalia’s transitional government and its Ethiopian supporters since 2006. Al-Shabaab
killed eleven Burundian soldiers in the deadliest attack on AU peacekeepers since their
deployment and states that Al-Shabaab engaged in heavy fighting that killed at least fifteen
people in Mogadishu. Modifications: Amended on 8 Oct 2014

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