Winning the War against Al-Shabaab beyond the Battlefield and Preventing Al-Shabaab transformation of international terrorist organization

[Deeq A.]

Al-Shabaab’s recent incursion to Ethiopia may well be the most important discussion in East Africa these days. This incursion exposed the serious security risk of terrorists crossing the Ethiopia border, and vulnerabilities of expanding their terrorist attacks in large portions of Ethiopia. Even though the definition of terrorism has different interpretation, most definitions involve violence, targeting civilians and those who are non-combatants. The term “terrorism” is defined as act of violence, which is a normative concept, used to describe illegitimate uses of violence. Most of us accept that the use of violent force may be legitimate in some contexts.

Source: Hiiraan Online