Somalia: U.S. Ponders Re-Arming Amisom Amid Terror Groups Merger

11 February 2012

The United States is considering additional assistance to the African Union military mission in Somalia (Amisom) in the wake of an announced merger between Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda.

"Obviously, it's bad and it's dangerous," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Friday in response to reports of a linkup of the two groups. "And it's further to our grave concerns about Al-Shabaab and the danger it poses in that part of the world."

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