About a week ago, the Reuters news agency reported on the movement of al-Shabaab militants from the south of the country to the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in the north. Embattled Shabaab fighters fleeing the onslaught of Kenyan, Ethiopian, and Ugandan troops in the south is certainly nothing new, and the timing of the article probably had 
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By: Jay Bahadur | Monday, November 19th, 20127/11 Terrorist Attacks in Uganda Highlight the Need for Intelligence Reform
By: Pedro Lopez | Tuesday, August 17th, 2010The July 11th terrorist attacks carried out by the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab underscored the need to reform the Ugandan intelligence system. The success of these attacks shows an increased level of sophistication on the part of al-Shabaab, as they are now operating outside of Somalia’s borders. In light of this continuing threat, improving the
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