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147 in the desert

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Life in some parts of the middle East is far more tumultuous than you could ever imagine, thanks to Isil and it's affiliates. The same cannot be said of Kenya, even though Al shabaab extremist are trying hard to fullfil that. Their sordid schemes of bloodbath and pure horror has only succeeded in their downfall for they have been immensely obliterated in their own backyard. But who or what is Al shabaab, most people would probably still be wondering, even though their callous acts of terror speak it all. It is a military outfit trying to impose the stringent version of the Sharia law in Somalia, it is accustomed to the tennents of sunni islam. Like other terrorist groups, al shabaab propagated amidst the anarchy and disarray in Somalia because they faced no imminent impediment. It became a force to reckon with, amassing large swathes of land, and controlling key installations in the state this would result in the acquisition of weaponry the main ingredient they needed to assert com...