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HARDtalk - Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar

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Somalia is a dangerous failed state. The Islamist rebels who control swathes of the country are accused in the west of links with al Qaeda. In the midst of internal chaos Somali pirates prey on international shipping. Somalia's new Foreign Minister is in Washington looking for diplomatic help - but is it possible to piece together a broken nation? Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar talks to Stephen Sackur.