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continent,theirnetworkisknowntospanacrossthe globe,whichfacilitatesthetransferoftechnologyand informationfrom advancedregionstothemostremote Al-Qaeda,particularly the factions located in the Arabian Peninsula,Yemen,has contributed to the advancem ent in the lethality and sophistication of Al-ShabaabIEDs.However,overthepastyearortwo,
b externalassistance,buttheirIEDshavecontinuedto improveindesign,emplacement,andlethality.This, expertsbelieve,pointstothefactthatAl-Shabaabhas alocal,in-houseexpertdesigningand/orfabricating theirIEDsanddevelopingtheiremploymentmethods.2
Accordingtoreportsfrom varioussources,Al-Shabaabhitarecordof395IEDatacks,inSomaliaalone, in2016.Thisisnearly10timestheamountofIEDatacksthattookplacein2010,andapproximately50% h ig h e r th a n 2 0 1 5 . T h e y e f fe c tiv e ly fo u n d a w a y to d o u b le IE D in ju rie s , a n d trip le IE D d e a th s . A d d itio n a l ly , Al-Shabaabmanagedtoconductoneofonlythreerecordedsuicideatacksaboardacommercialairliner, aboardaDaaloAirlinesflight,withalaptopbombinFebruaryof2016.ThisincreaseinefectiveIEDatacks istheresultofadvancedtechnologybeingreadilyaccessiblealmostanywhereintheworld,andthe
2Bryden,M.(2014,February21).TheReinventionofAl-Shabaab.Retrievedfrom htps:/www.csis.org/analysis/reinvention-al-shabaab
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