14, Boko Haram extremists urged Somalia's Al-
Shabaab terror group to join them in pledging
allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group,
and thus abandon al-Qaida.
In the video, an unidentified armed Boko Haram
fighter tells Al-Shabaab fighters that uniting "is of
greater benefit to the struggle on the path of Islam"
and will "help in defeating the infidels of the world."
The appeal is part of a wider courting of Al-Shabab.
Similar messages came nearly two weeks ago from
militant extremists in Iraq,Sinai, Syria, and Yemen.
