In Somalia, U.S. Troop Withdrawal Is Seen as Badly Timed

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Soma­li pres­i­den­tial elec­tions are sched­uled in just a few months, war is erupt­ing in neigh­bor­ing Ethiopia, and She­bab mil­i­tants are still strong. The tim­ing, Soma­lis say, could not be worse.