One key factor affecting Al-Shabaab’s use of IEDs appears to be an over-reliance on foreign instructors / bomb makers, and a failure to maximize the transfer of their skills to Somali trainers and technicians in anticipation of the possible death or departure from Somalia.
One key factor affecting Al-Shabaab’s use of IEDs appears to be an over-reliance on foreign instructors / bomb makers, and a failure to maximize the transfer of their skills to Somali trainers and technicians in anticipation of the possible death or departure from Somalia.