The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, reported capturing the town of Barire in Lower Shabelle following two suicide operations and “broad offensive” on government bases in the area, as well as operations in Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, and Gedo, and the surrender of Somali soldiers in Middle Juba.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, declared war on the new Somali government under President Mohamed Abdullah Farmajo in an audio speech, and also urged Somali soldiers to surrender or be killed.

{Image: Shabaab spokesman Ali Mahmoud Ragi AKA Ali Dheere}

Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement spokesman Ali Mahmoud Ragi AKA Ali Dheere, released an audio message urging Muslims to take the storming of the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya, as a model for supporting the Prophet Muhammad.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement released the first part of answers from its spokesman, Ali Mahmoud Ragi AKA Ali Dheere, to questions posed by members of the jihadist forum community.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement released a two-part video focusing on the alleged failure of AMISOM forces in Somalia and the strikes of Shabaab fighters against their ranks. 

{Image: Ayman al-Zawahiri gives eulogy for Usama bin Laden}

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement released an Arabic-translation of a statement broadcast in Somali by its spokesman, Ali Mahmoud Ragi AKA Ali Dheere, regarding the selection of Ayman al-Zawahiri as the new leader of al-Qaeda.

{Image: Ayman al-Zawahiri gives eulogy for Usama bin Laden}

A jihadist reported that the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement declared its allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri, the new leader of al-Qaeda, in a statement broadcast by the Shabaab’s al-Andalus radio station in Somalia.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement announced that it restored damaged roads in the Banaadir region in Somalia, and hit AMISOM forces with a surprise attack in Mogadishu in two communiqués issued on jihadist forums between August 5 and August 6, 2009.