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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, ....

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