Al-Shabaab Announces Alliance With Al-Qaida

The Somali Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab has confirmed its alliance with the Al-Qaida terrorist network, the BBC reports.

The group said in a statement on Monday that the "jihad of Horn of Africa must be combined with the international jihad led by the Al-Qaida network."

This was the first public confirmation of the connection between the two terror groups, which had been long suspected by the U.S.

The group also announced its alliance with Kamboni, a smaller Somali...