A year after Al Qa’ida terrorists bombed a Kenyan tourist hotel, a new investigation has highlighted the pivotal role played by Somalia in the attack, and raised fears that a fresh atrocity could be launched from the war-torn country. Somalia served as a training base, weapons supermarket and hideout for the Al Qa’ida cell that carried out last November’s twin attacks near Mombasa, according to UN investigators. In a report due to come before the UN Security Council next week, the investigators describe how the terrorists used the country as a base – training under cover of a lobster-fishing business, buying Soviet-made missiles locally, and stealing across the Kenyan border in speedboats and traditional wooden boats.
About OODA Analyst
OODA is comprised of a unique team of international experts capable of providing advanced intelligence and analysis, strategy and planning support, risk and threat management, training, decision support, crisis response, and security services to global corporations and governments.