It is on the U.S.list of terrorist organizations, and on Friday, Australia put the group on its terrorism list following the discovery of a suicide attack plot linked to the group.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Heavy mortar exchanges have since erupted in the Bakara market area of Mogadishu, A spokesman for the al Shabab terrorist group claimed the suicide attack was in retaliation for the killing of a wanted senior al-Qaida operative in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

In one attack on Tuesday, two suicide bombers hit separate areas at an Islamic university in the capital,Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Bhutto was targeted in an Oct. 18 suicide attack during her homecoming from exile.

NPR: Pakistan Says It Will Stop Bhutto Protest

French police suspect that Trabelsi was planning a suicide attack against the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

CNN: Police: 2 Tunisians linked in plot against U.S. targets in Europe

The Indian sanctions were aimed at forcing Pakistan to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack.

BBC: Pakistan expels Indian diplomats