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U.S. Military Operations Against al-Shabaab/al-Qaeda—and Who Exactly is Ikrima?

What domestic legal authority did President Obama invoke to send a team of Navy SEALs into Somalia this weekend to capture or kill a member of al-Shabaab, the terrorist organization…
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Human Rights and the Pitfalls of FBI Assistance at Westgate

In yesterday’s post on Just Security, Steve and Jennifer raise important issues as to what authority the AUMF may or may not grant the United States to respond to al-Shabaab…
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Westgate, al Shabaab, and the AUMF

As we continue to learn more details about the horrendous attack on the Westgate Mall in Kenya—with dozens dead and hundreds wounded—Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pleaded…
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