Al-Shabaab is mobilising young men in the Lower Shabelle region to join the jihad in Mogadishu.| 'Mobilising' being another name for 'kidnap, indoctrinate, maybe drug (but only if they're going the human bomb route). |
The escalating war is forcing al-Shabaab to call for more volunteers, especially the youth, to join the fighting.
According to a Somali news website, the al-Shabaab fighters ruling Jowhar are instructing all youngsters to enlist and to join the war in Mogadishu.
| Nothing says battle-ready like a 13 year old with an AK. |
The website says that the order has forced many youths to flee to the countryside, particularly to the agricultural areas along Shabelle River in the Middle Shabelle region.
| Truly a righteous cause, that cries out to the souls of all sensitive to the call. Or not, as the case may be. |
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