State Department : Weapons for fighting al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants . Comment: Somalia is not new territory for al Qaeda , according to CNN 's terrorism analyst Peter Bergen . `` Al Qaeda was running training camps in Somalia in the early and mid-1990s , '' he said . There is growing concern that Somalia could be the next base for al Qaeda .
State Department : Weapons for fighting al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants . Comment: There is growing concern that Somalia could be the next base for al Qaeda .