Reaction to "Somalia Food Giveaway in Al Qaeda's Name Raises Questions and Criticism"

This may be a far stretch, but while reading this article I got the feeling that Abu Abdulla Almuhajir was an impostor. That possibly, he’s there as an American with a creative way to provide food for the Somalians; I don’t think a group like Al Qaeda would serve like this in a crisis. It is stated that he is white, spoke perfect English, and with an American accent too. This means that he either spent some time in the United States, or has studied English with this accent for quite some time. As I read further, it seemed unusual that Al Qaeda was sympathizing for the suffering Somalians. This article gives many examples of how the Shabab are torturing the Somalians further than starvation; they are shooting them down, and containing them in horrible camps. The part that didn’t make sense to me was, “The hardest-hit areas are mostly controlled by the ruthless militants called the Shabab who have pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda and banned music, soccer, bras and even Western aid groups at a time of drought and hunger.” If the Shabab have “pledged allegiance” to Al Qaeda to create ridiculous rules such as no music or bras, it’s contradictory for Al Qaeda to bring grain, powdered milk and dates as a charity fund. The article also wrote that Almuhajir praised the Shabab for “operating under extremely difficult circumstances” as he toured the camp with the Shabab leaders. This is also antithetical because he is praising the Shabab, while telling them to further the process of devastation of the Somalians, and providing the famine victims with charity food. The situation and Almuhajir’s decisions made me go back and fourth about my interpretation of whether or not he was an impostor, or a member of Al Qaeda trying to take advantage of the starving children for recruits (as stated in the last sentence).