Fragile Somalia is Breeding Ground for Terrorism

NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown speaks with The New Yorker's John Lee Andersonabout how the militant threat to Somalia's fragile government impactscounter-terror efforts. Anderson refers to Somalia as "the world'sultimate failed state" after almost two decades of neglect from theoutside world. He says that militant groups in Somalia aspire to belike Al-Qaida and foresees the crumbling nation becoming ahaven for terrorist organizations.

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