As-Sahab Media Production, al-Qaeda's media arm, released on February 09, 2012 a 14 minutes and 41 seconds video from Ayman al-Zawahirir and Emir of Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahedeen announcing the merge of al-Shabab with al-Qaeda. The video contained an audio message from the leader of al-Shabab Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, in which he pledged allegiance to al-Zawahiri. Abu Zubeir added that al-shabab "will move along with you as faithful soldiers."

Al-Zawahiri appeared in a video message in which he declared:  "I will break the good news to our Islamic nation, which will annoy the crusaders, and it is that the Shabab movement in Somalia has joined al-Qaeda."

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