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Al Shabaab, meaning The Youth in Arabic, is the largest militant organization fighting to oust the Somalian government. The group seeks to control territory within Somalia in order to establish a society based on its rigid interpretation of Shariah law.
As Federal forces were devoted to the War of 1812, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama organized militias that were commanded by Colonel Andrew Jackson, together with Lower Creek and Cherokee allies, to go against the Red Sticks. Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Andrew Jackson sought to clear Alabama for American settlement. Colonel Jackson commanded an army of West Tennessee militia, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force.