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On the recordMay 19, 2009
I take it that the two organizations--the two terrorist organizations, al-Shabaab and the other that you mentioned--really play on the nationalist pride of the Somali people.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson discusses how terrorist organizations exploit Somali nationalism.

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