Ifølge rapporten fra FN's Sikkerhedsråds Somaliaovervågningsgruppe fra december 2008 (2008/769) er al-Shabaab ansvarlig for en lang række angreb i Somalia igennem de seneste mange år, blandt andet:
According to the December 2008 report from the UN Security Council Somalia Monitoring Group (2008/769), al-Shabaab is responsible for a variety of attacks within Somalia over the last several years, including: