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Countering al-Shabaab: a case to minimize transnational terrorist t... |
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by Kambere, Geoffrey B. |
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This thesis analyzes the first transnational terrorist |
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attack by Al-Shabaab in Kampala, Uganda, on July 11, |
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2010. It provides a historical background of Al-Shabaab |
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since its inception and the group's major chronological |
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events from 2006 to 2010. The study then analyzes the |
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factors that may have contributed to Al-Shabaab joining |
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the transnational arena to strike hundreds of miles away |
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from Somalia. Among the findings of the study is that the |
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recruitment of foreign fighters by Al-Shabaab from |
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different parts of the world materialized into the |
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recruitment of Ugandans who acted as a local franchised |
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cell inside Uganda. It was that cell that was responsible |
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for the Kampala bombings. Moreover, the local franchised |
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cell had logistic support links with other terrorist |
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cells outside Uganda. In addition, porous borders |
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facilitated the perpetrators to easily enter Uganda with |
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all the materials that were used in the bombing. |
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Recommendations include that, together with intensifying |
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human intelligence among the indigenous population in |
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Uganda, the East African Community has to establish a |
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strong counterterrorism agency incorporating all member |
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states for information sharing in order to thwart cross- |
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border terror networks. |
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Date Published: 2019-05-04 23:39:25 |
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Identifier: counteringlshaba1094510626 |
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Item Size: 65227236 |
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Language: English |
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Media Type: texts |
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# Topics |
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Terrorism. |
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Transnational terrorist attack |
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porous border |
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franchised cell |
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cross-border terror networks |
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control |
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Somali community |
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foreign terrorists |
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international terrorist cell |
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locus of violence |
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active support |
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passive support |
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indigenous population |
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and military repression |
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