Somali militants on terror list
18/03/2008 21:04  - (SA)  

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Washington - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has added a group of Somali Islamic militants to the US list of terrorist organisations, the State Department said on Tuesday.

"Al-Shabaab is a violent and brutal extremist group with a number of individuals affiliated with al-Qaeda," it said in a statement.

"Many of its senior leaders are believed to have trained and fought with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan," it added.

The decision, made February 29, freezes their assets in the US, the statement said.

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