People will die, and al-Shabaab does not care. Controlling the flow of aid allows them to starve out resistance.
The charge of "misappropriating funds" is particularly curious. It's certainly not al-Shabaab's money that groups like UNICEF and the World Health Organization were spending, but clearly, al-Shabaab has made it their business to mind the business of everyone in the territory under their control. The other charges are certainly par for the course under the group's paranoid, supremacist rule. More on this story. "Banned aid agencies warn disaster in Somalia," by Malkhadir M. Muhumed for the Associated Press, November 29:
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Aid workers and Somali residents expressed outrage Tuesday, a day after the militant group al-Shabab banned 16 aid groups from its territory, a decision officials said puts tens of thousands of sick mothers and malnourished children at risk.
Tens of thousands of Somalis have already died from drought and famine-related causes this year, and the U.N. estimates that 250,000 people still face starvation in a country plagued by violence.
Somalis expressed sadness and anger at al-Shabab's decision, one that could further damage a group highly unpopular in many Somali circles because of its strict social rules and harsh punishments like amputations [Qur'an 5:33, 5:38 - ed.] and stonings.
In other words, enforcing Sharia. Read the rest on: JihadWatch
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