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| | Somalia Potential "Haven" for Terrorists, Defense Official Says |
 | | AIAI members number in the hundreds, and some factions have denounced the U.S. presence in Somalia and have threatened U.S. and Western aid groups, the official said, adding that Somali enclaves also exist in Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia. |
 | | Al Qaeda has "highlighted and saluted AIAI" in the past, the official said, and he called the Somali group "an Islamic extremist organization writ large. |
 | | And when we speak of AIAI, one reason they haven't had success in fulfilling their charter of creating this Greater Somalia is because the clan interests often conflict with their views." Yemen, he said, "given the past... |
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