More Than Counter-Terrorism - Rethinking U.S. Policy Toward Somalia

Author:
Testimony By John Prendergast
Publisher:
U.S. House of Representatives - Committee On International Relations
Publication Date:
29 June 2006
Tags:
Somalia, Conflict, Peace and Security, International Terrorism, United States, Canada and Africa, International Organizations and Africa, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, Ethiopia

The current situation in Somalia is in part a product of international counter-terrorism strategies, notably those of the United States and Ethiopia. The international response to recent developments must be finely calibrated in order to ensure that it attenuates the potential threat of transnational terrorism from Somalia, and does not inadvertently compound it.

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