US/AFRICA: Somali air strike damages US policy goals

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  • Policy implications
  • Tactical strike objectives
  • Missed targets
  • Collateral damage?
  • Damage control
  • Regional goodwill?
  • Diplomatic policy 'blowback'
  • Problematic TFG politics
  • Peace-keeping challenges
  • Potential security vacuum
  • Return to Somalia
  • Counter-terrorist imperative
  • Outlook

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