http://www.crimestart.comTerrorism/Terrorist_Groups/Al-Ittihad_al-Islami__AIAI_/CrimeStart is an online guide to crime information on the internet. It is a directory of links to websites, documents, research papers, video material and other web content related to crime. Al-Ittihad al-Islami (Islamic Union) is Somalia’s largest Islamic terrorist organization. The group gained power in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Siad Barre dictatorship. AIAI originally sought to form an Islamic state in Somalia and force the secession of the Ogaden region in Ethiopia, which it believed was wrongly seized during Somalia’s colonialist period. It has since concentrated on establishing an Islamic state in Somalia. http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=854As the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) continues to spread its influence throughout southern Somalia, the international community has reacted with concern since there are accusations that the ICU has ties to international terrorists.Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:49:04 GMT http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?documentid=3026&programID=39&from_page=../friendlyversion/printversion.cfmBackground information about the al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI).Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:47:57 GMT