https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/us/politics/us-somalia-airstrikes-shabab.html
There's no negotiating with these ones. Only airstrikes and assassinations can erase them.
The number is a lot smaller than I expected though.
These are the suicide bombers. I'm guessing they're all Amniyat intelligence agents as well.The United States estimates that the Shabab has about 5,000 to 7,000 fighters in Somalia, but the group’s ranks are fluid. A State Department official, citing interviews from Shabab deserters, said that the number of hard-core ideologues may be as few as 500.
There's no negotiating with these ones. Only airstrikes and assassinations can erase them.
The number is a lot smaller than I expected though.