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felbab—brown, she's co—director of the africa security initiative at brookings. she joins us from washington. good to see you, and thank you very much for being with us. 30 hours is a long siege. are you surprised it took this long for it to be brought to an end? unfortunately not. al—shabaab unfortunately not. al—sha baab remains unfortunately not. al—shabaab remains very potent and has been increasing its potency somalia for a number of years. in fact, last year the mission of the african union was supposed to end, and there was significant concern that if that mission ended, al—shabaab would be able to take over much of southern somalia as well as mogadishu altogether. so the mission was changed to a new mandate and a new name, but the reality is that the somali security forces remain weak and