Somalia - Hidden Threat to our Homeland

Abstract

In Somalia in 1993, famine and civil war riddled the country resulting in hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths leading to a major United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping mission and U.S. led military operations. Following the U.S. led Battle of Mogadishu, which resulted in a strategic disaster and U.S. withdrawal that scarred public opinion, Somalia became a politically sensitive and emotive issue impacting U.S. policy. This thesis will identify the clear and present danger that Somalia's terrorist and violent extremist networks (VEN) pose to our country and if U.S. policy remains unchanged will lead to attacks within our borders emanating from Somalia. U.S. policy shortfalls in our National Security Strategy and military oversight by U.S. Africa Command in the U.S. defense strategies fail to address this threat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561648

Entities

People

  • Don Fallin

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Relations
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Operations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • United States Government
  • Violence
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies