Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Gayle Smith discusses recent events in Somalia (including Ethiopian troops crossing the border and Monday's attack by US forces on Al Queda operatives) and the threats and challenges that Somalia presents if it continues as a weak and failing state.
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you misforming western who insterested of knowing with regard of somalia affairs of what is realy going on inside somalia.
you and i can not deny the fact and america has failed somalia prio to 1993 and now, cause it applying wrong strategy and method.
somalis never had alqada inside somalia because they have clan based system which no foreigner pernetrate.
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