The Telegraph (UK) reported July 5 that the al Qaeda-affiliated Shabab organization has started using pirates to ship al Qaeda fighters into Somalia. The paper says Somali government ministers claim that up to 1,000 of these fighters have entered Somalia in recent months.
The Telegraph says, "Until now, no clear evidence has emerged of co-operation between the Shabab and the pirates, despite widespread fears that some of the pirates' multi-million dollar ransom payments might be channeled to them."
Of course, this could be a ruse to win more assistance from foreign governments. As The Telegraph notes, "Somali politicians have been accused of exaggerating the threat from al-Qaeda in the past, knowing that it wins the attention of Western governments in a way that clan feuding does not."
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