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The struggle of the people of the global South has gone through many phases in response to the changing nature of the enemy they faces. The people’s ....
Administration wants to continue to target terrorists in yemen, even though as peter says, there are no more u.s. troops in yemen, no more u.s. embassy in yemen. but remember, there are some places around the world where we ve been extremely effective with standoff weapons. that is drones when we don t have a significant presence. think the travel areas of pakistan near afghanistan. think somalia. two places we don t have embassies. two places we don t have forces in place. and i think drones have been devastating in eliminating terror leadership in both places. and it s going to presumably continue. what do you think, bob? well, the problem is these guys regenerate just like they did in somalia, just like the islamic state does and the rest of them. this organization goes a lot deeper than the leadership. and to really take it on you to do it militarily on the ground and take over what territory they hold. and now that yemen there is no state of yemen, what i m afraid of is th ....
Somalia. it s easy to see why so few risk the trip. sitting on the runway is the wreckage of a crashed plane. a few thousand african peacekeepers and a weak u.s.-backed government struggle to maintain order in mogadishu. their enemy is a group called al shabaab. it has pledged allegiance to al qaeda. it s part of the al qaeda brand name. al shabaab is a terrifying mix of al qaeda s ideology and african child soldiers. the majority of the militiamen terrorizing this city are under 16 years old teenagers, empowered by the chaos to enter people s homes, lash women for dressing inappropriately, and chop off the limbs of accused thieves. under a thorn tree, we meet two of al shabaab s victims, ....
20-year-old abdel hadi and ismail abdellah. both claim they were accused of theft. the boys right hands and left feet were amputated as their parents were forced to watch. i tried to call out to my mother and say please, somebody save me abdi says. one woman had a miscarriage as she watched as abdellah. the young men show me how they stretch their wrists and ankles before slicing them off with a butchers knife. but somalia experts say is also a threat to the united states. somalia s al qaeda franchise is attracting american recruits. it has american among its commanders. ....
Alabama native omar al hamami is one of al shabaab s leading recruiters. using internet videos. knock down to her niece. and wrap songs. u.s. counterterrorism official says more than 50 americans have travelled to somalia for training and to fight, including for the first time in u.s. history american suicide bombers. the american connection has raised flags at both the fbi and the cia. i think you could characterize this as a grade a problem. the reasons are simple. the number of times you get a substantial number of american kids i don t care whether they re somalis or a kid from lincoln, nebraska traveling overseas to train with people who are connected with al qaeda in these kinds of numbers, that is very rare. somalia is a perfect al qaeda sanctuary. but it s not the only one. ....