POLITICS-SOMALIA: U.S. Policy Likely to Bring Blowback

“U.S. counterterrorism policies have not only compromised other international agendas in Somalia, they have generated a high level of anti-Americanism and are contributing to radicalisation of the population,” concluded the report, entitled “Somalia: A Country in Peril, a Foreign Policy Nightmare”.

“In what could become a dangerous instance of blowback, defence and intelligence operations intended to make the United States more secure from the threat of terrorism may be increasing the threat of jihadist attacks on American interests,” the report stressed. >>>>>