Growing Rift between Somalia's Major Jihad Groups – Shabab Al-Mujahideen and Islamic Courts Union

A GIMF communiqué posted January 1, 2008 on the Islamist website www.ekhlaas.info (hosted by Piradius.net in Malaysia[1] ) reveals a rift between Somalia's two major jihad groups. The communiqué, signed by Abu Mansour Al-Amriki - an American who provides military training for mujahideen in Somalia - states that Harakat Shabab Al-Mujahideen (the Movement of Jihadi Youth - MJY), which is currently the most active jihad group in Somalia, has severed ties with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU).