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Do You Know if Robo From El Shabab Should Live or Die?
El Shabab bombed a rugby club and a restaurant at the same time in Uganda, killing 74 people. At the time, their leader had sworn allegiance to Osama bin Laden but their agenda was primarily a local agenda. Jay Johnson argued vehemently that Robo was covered under the AUMF. Harold Coe's conclusion based on the evidence and the intelligence that he saw was that Robo was not externally focused.
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