International Crisis Group, Horn of Africa analyst Rashid Abdi says al-Shabab has a decentralized leadership structure that has been vulnerable to dissent.

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Rashid Abdi says the bombing has convinced many ordinary Somalis that al-Shabab is increasingly being controlled by foreign fighters, who have no regard for Somali lives.

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He denied certain buildings, such as the al Rashid hotel, were under coalition control.

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Back in 2005 it was looking for ways to engage poor women in jobs in which companies could participate in as well, says Saif Al Rashid, program director of corporate engagement, in Dhaka.

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In Haroun and the Sea of Stories, for instance, the names Haroun and Rashid are a reference to Harun al-Rashid, who appears in many stories.

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