Why Is the United States Bombing Somalia? - March 14, 2019

Published: March 14, 2019, 7:17 p.m.

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In recent months, Somalia has seen a surge of airstrikes by the US military as part of an intensifying campaign against al Shabaab, an extremist group affiliated with al Qaeda. Bronwyn Bruton of the Atlantic Council and Paul D. Williams of George Washington University join\\xa0Deep Dish\\xa0this week to explain what the United States is doing in Somalia and why al Shabaab is a target.

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