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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2010 - 17:59:26 EDT
Somalia: Line in the Sand-Identification of MYM Vulnerabilities
Authored by
<http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?authorID=788>
LTC Eloy E. Cuevas,
<http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?authorID=789>
Madeleine Wells.
* September 20, 2010
* Type: Letort Papers
* 54 Pages
* Download it Now
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* Cost: Free
Brief Synopsis
The al-Shabaab Organization, also known as the Mujahidin Youth Movement
(MYM), and its allies have been active opponents in undermining the United
Nations (UN)-supported African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces, the fledging
Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), and all the UN efforts to
support the Somali people. Al-Shabaab's use of the internet and its control
of the local news media has resulted in its increased ability to disseminate
its story to the Somali public, to sympathizers throughout the world, and to
the greater Islamic community. It is able to accomplish its strategic
communication campaign through the use of organic websites, publication of
online magazines and newsletters, and through international press
conferences and interviews. The authors of this monograph identify
al-Shabaab's strategic, operational, and tactical vulnerabilities organized
according to four sources of national power: diplomatic, informational,
military, and economic (DIME). After exploring the group's inherent and
apparent weaknesses, the authors then provide some suggestions on what
efforts or capabilities may be leveraged in defeating and deterring the
group. Such instruments do not have to be kinetic or military in nature, but
can be diplomatic, economic, or persuasive. The authors concentrate on
diplomatic and informational options and do not address the military or
economic implications at this time.
Survey: Somalia: Line in the Sand--Identification of MYM Vulnerabilities
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