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Islamic militants have driven U.S.-backed warlords out of Mogadishu and may be poised to turn Somalia into a Taliban-style state.(The Week)

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Islamic militants have driven U.S.-backed warlords out of Mogadishu and may be poised to turn Somalia into a Taliban-style state. It would be hard to overstate how bad this is. At least for now, the militants disclaim ties to al-Qaeda, but these disclaimers are unconvincing, given al-Qaeda's history in Somalia. This history includes battling American forces and providing support for terrorists involved in both the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies and the operations against Israeli targets in Kenya. The militants' victory is ...

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