After reading the article about Al Qaeda supporting Somalia for the severe drought that they are currently dealing with, I was somewhat puzzled. Seeing that Al Qaeda is the largest terrorist organization in the world, it is strange that they would be trying to support Somalia in their efforts to feed their people. Many people have doubts that this is actually true and that Abu Abdulla Almuhajir is just an Al Qaeda impostor. I do not believe in this because Al Qaeda has a win win situation for supporting Somalia. One is that they look good to all other countries by helping a country in need instead of terrorizing them. The other is that they have the chance to recruit young children by basically bribing them with a supply a food. With the situation that the Somalians are in, many of them can’t afford to turn down such an offer.
Ryan, I definitely agree with your first point that Al- Qaeda will look good to other countries. I think that was the main motivation for their actions. However, I'm not sure that Al- Qaeda would be looking for children, at least I haven't ever heard of a child being part of the organization.
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