According to VOA sources in Somalia, many foreigners are based at al-Shabab training camps in the towns of Marka,Barawe,and Kismayo, teaching thousands of recruits bomb-making skills and guerrilla fighting tactics.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

U.S.military officials said the commando operation took place in the coast district of Barawe in southern Somalia, which is heavily controlled by al-Shabab, a radical Islamist terrorist group thought to have direct links with al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15