Read through the following article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1006/Failed-Navy-SEALs-raid-on-Somali-target-could-bolster-Al-Shabab-video
Answer the following questions:
1. In which recent news story have you heard about the group Al-Shabab?
2. While specifics remain a mystery, the article does mention one likely leader that the US Special Forces might have been targeting. Name him.
3. According to The Monitor's sources, what is one big drawback that the failed attacks could have on Al-Shabab's claim to power in the region?
4. In your opinion, should the American Special Forces have stopped the raid to avoid civilian causalities?
Paige Nolen
ReplyDeleteI have not heard anything about the group Al-Shabab. The article names Godane which is one likely leader that the US special forces might have been targeting. The big drawback that the failed attacks could have on Sl-Shabab's claim to power in the region is that he could attract new recruits. No, I think that the countries around this place should be the people dealing with this problem. The US needs to worry about other things.
I have heard of the Al Shabab when the Westgate mall was attacked, and it was the major news story on most television news channels.it is a possibility that Ahmed Godane was the target of the raid. The source stated “if you kill one, there is another one to take over”. This is the drawback. I think they should have planned it a little bit better, so maybe they could have avoided killing all those innocent civilians. Honestly though, there’s not anything you can do about it. You cannot have war without death, it is a known fact.
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Noah Barnette- I have heard that they were part of the Westgate mall attack in Kenya. Ahmed Godane was the person the article says the U.S. was targeting the mystery is, where is he? Because the U.S. failed it will appear that Al Shabab is more powerful.I think that we should have because we already had injured soliders and we were killing all of the innocent people.
ReplyDelete1.Failed Navy SEALs raid on Somali target could bolster Al Shabab (+video)
ReplyDelete2.Al Shabab
3.Civilian Casualties
4.Yes they should have, civialians should try to be saved in most cases.
~Jordan Chestnut
The last time I read a news story about Al-Shabab was when I was reading about the mall attack at Kenya. The article mentions that the US Special forces may have been targeting Ahmed Godane.One big drawback is whenever you kill one, another is ready to take over. Yes, I do think that American Special Forces should have tried to stop the raid to avoid civilian deaths.
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The most recent story about Al-Shabab that I have read, is about there attack on the shopping mall. The U.S. may have been targeting Ahmed Godane, a.k.a Mukhtar Abu al-Zubayr. The failed mission is expected to cause more recruiting to Al-Shabab. As much as it's needed to put down Al-Shabab, the lives of innocent people are worth more than a dead terrorist.
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The most recent news story concerning Al-Shabab was the Westgate mall attack. While specifics are still a mystery the likely leader behind the attacks is Godane. The one big drawback to the failed attacks are that people will now see the terrorist grop as a good thing and they will most likely gain new members. I think it was not right to stop the attack because this would have been a major advantage to the US.
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Marie Doyle
ReplyDelete1. The mall shooting in Nairobi
2. Ahmed Godane
3. Al-Shabab would say the failed attack was a sign of their power, and this would lead to more recruitment
4. Disregarding the fact that analysts totally predicted this was a terrible idea, pulling out was a good idea and I definitely agree.
1. They were the group that organized The West Gate Mall attack in Kenya. 2. Ahmad Godane. 3. It will discourage people from joining this terrorist group. 4. Yes, because you never want to put innocent people in harms way;especially women and children.
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I have heard about the group Al-Shabab in last weeks current event involving the Nairobi shopping center attack. The article mentions Ahmed Godane, the leader of the group, that claimed to be responsible for the shopping mall attack. According to the article a drawback from the failed attacks claimed that Al-Shabab's power would increase and incorporate new recruits. In my opinion the raid should have never happened there was no need for the US to get into to it. But, if we are going to get into it we might as well take down what we were going after rather than increasing its power.
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mills Harrison
ReplyDelete1. The Al Shabab attacked the west gate mall before this.
2. high value
3.their ricutement may go down and it will effect the rise to power
4. yes, I'm glad they pulled the special forces out to avoid civilian casualties, because if we shot up civilians we might start another war.
caSEY PAGE
ReplyDelete1. the nairobi mall shooting
2. Godane
3. they would boast in power and say they defeated the us
4. no its not our business. they wont mess with us so dont mess with them but i guess if they were innocent people its kind of wrong.
Nikhil Singh
ReplyDeleteI have heard of the Al-Shabab in the recent news report of the Nairobi
Westgate mall terror attack. The US Special Forces might have been prompted by
Westgate, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan. The failed attacks could boast the powers on
Al-Shabab allowing them to claim power to the region. America should have
stopped the raid to avoid harming civilians because it would be wrong to harm
civilians who are not the targeted enemy.
Abby Nelson- I heard about them in the news story of Nairobi's mall terror attack. Also, the U.S. thought that Ahmed Godane was the leader. They were also not confirming or denying that Godane was the raids target. Yes, I think they should have stopped it. But, I also think they are just trying to make the best choices possible.
ReplyDeleteAnother news story where we heard about Al-Shabab is in the Nairobi's mall attack. The person the US Special Forces might have been targeting Ahmed Godane. One drawback that the failed attacks could have on Al-Shabab claim to power this region is they might lose a leader but there will be someone to replace them. In my opinion the US special forces should stop the raid to avoid civilian deaths because it is not the civilian's fault that there is gun fire going on.
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Caylin Kliner
ReplyDelete1. I heard about the group Al-Shabab an Islamist militant group in Somalia, after it had carried out the attack that killed at least 30 people at a Nairobi mall in Kenya.
2. The article mentions Ahmed Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu al-Zubayr, as the leader of the militant group and also the "target" that US Special Forces may have been targeting. He is known to have been responsible for the shopping center attack.
3. One big drawback that the failed attacks could have on Al-Shabab's claim to power in the region is it has failed to curb the group's capacity to carry out international terror attacks, it takes days to resolve sometimes which would allow Al-Shabab to "boast of its power" and attract new recruits.
4. In my opinion, I believe that "civilian casualties" are terrible but I am aware that they are necessary sometimes in order to carry out successful missions. I don't believe they should have stopped the raid because nothing was accomplished and they could not capture their target.
After the Mall crysis the news has been swirling around Al-Shabab, and many believe that Godane will be brought to justice for organizing this serious crime. The U.S's raid was a risky move that was worth the risk, to bad it didnt work out. After a failed atempt such as this, a spark in recruiting (Now that people see its strength) may take place. Even with this taken into consideration the U.S did the right thing by stopping the raid. The civilian lives that could have been taken would NOT have been worth it, seeing that as soon as we kill one leader, another replaces him anyway. The ends must justify the means, and this just wasn't that type of moment.
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Emmy Melchoir
ReplyDeleteThe Muslim brotherhood is a Islamic political organization that was overthrown by people in Egypt because of the changes they made in office up to and including tearing up the constitution and implementing a new one. Abdel-Fattah El Sissi is the Defense Minister and the head of the military who engineered the toppling of President Mohammad Morsi in July. The reporter is contrasting the fact that in one place people are protesting the Muslim brotherhood, getting beaten by the military, and in another place people are celebrating the end of the war with Israel from several years ago. The Muslim brotherhood won't stop until Israel is completely wiped off the map.The way this story was reported was on the side of the military, another way it could have been reported was from the side of the brotherhood. A time that could be considered a fait-accompli in my life would be when i got on the sky coaster, i couldnt' take it back. America will regret trusting the brotherhood because if they know we trust them then they can take advantage of our trust
Al-Shabab is the terrorist organization that was behind the attack on West gate mall in Nairobi, Kenya. A likely Al-Shabab leader that the U.S. raid was targeting is Ali Saleh Nabhan. A draw back of the failed attacks is that Al-Shabab may believe that they can get away with terror attacks and may result in more recruitment and more attacks. In my opinion, the American Special Forces were right to have stopped the raid to avoid civilian casualties because it would have been creating terror to engage the terrorists, and creating terror would jeopardize any cooperation between the locals and the U.S. in the future, and accomplish the opposite of the mission, since the purpose of the mission was to get rid of terror by eradicating a terrorist , not to add to the terror.
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