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Here is a piece I did for the BBC about my communications with the Somali Islamist group, Al Shabaab. You can read my report for BBC Online by clicking  here . And you can listen to my piece for BBC From Our Own Correspondent by clicking  here . Here is the script for my report: Speaking to Al Shabaab The other morning I woke up to a text message and missed call from Al Shabaab.   As always, the message was written in perfect English. It informed me about a film Al Shabaab have made called Beyond the Shadows which, it said, gave an ‘accurate portrayal’ of what happened when French commandoes last year tried – and failed – to rescue a suspected French intelligence agent held hostage by the group. I watched the film. Like some of the other material made by Al Shabaab's media arm, Al Kataib Foundation, it was slickly produced. It was like a cross between a video game and a war movie, and was full of suspense. It showed a drone hovering in the air, emblazoned with the words ...

Debate - WSDC - Drones are a Legitimate Tool of Foreign Policy - Canada vs. South Africa - WSDC 2014 Semifinal from Alfred Snider on Vimeo . THBT drones are a legitimate tool of foreign policy. Proposition - Canada Opposition - South Africa Semifinal debate, held at Anglo Singapore International School, Bangkok. This video was made at the 2014 WSDC that took place in Thailand in August 2014. The video was produced in cooperation with World Schools Debating Championship Thailand 2014, the World Debate Institute, and the Debate Central website (http://debate.uvm.edu ) founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/ , the Lawrence Debate Union http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/ and the University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/ , and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. The System Operator is Alfre...

Debate - WSDC - ASEAN Political Union is an Impossible Dream - South Africa vs. England - WSDC 2014 Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo . This House Believes that an ASEAN political union is an impossible dream. Final Round, at United Nations Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand. South Africa - Proposition England - Opposition The decision of the judges is at the end of the video. This video was made at the 2014 WSDC that took place in Thailand in August 2014. The video was produced in cooperation with World Schools Debating Championship Thailand 2014, the World Debate Institute, and the Debate Central website (http://debate.uvm.edu ) founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/ , the Lawrence Debate Union http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/ and the University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/ , and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server i...

Lecture - General - Introduction to Recruiting Debaters - Snider - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo . This is the first part of a talk given to school teachers about how to recruit debaters for their programs. Given by Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont. This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia. WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended. The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all ...

Lecture - General - Introduction to Starting a Debate Program - Snider - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo . This is a short talk with school teachers about how to start a debate program, given by Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont . This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia. WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended. The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all aro...

Lecture - General - Does the 1st World Owe the 3rd World an Upgrade? - Huba - WSDA 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo . This is an elective class held by Matus Huba of Slovakia. This video was made at the 2014 World Schools Debate Academy Slovenia instructional program held in June-July 2014 at Hotel Spik in Kranjska Gora Slovenia. WSDA is a cooperative program of Za in Proti/Center for the Culture of Dialog and the World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont. In 2014 over 110 individuals from over 14 countries attended. The website is at http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html This video is produced by DEBATE CENTRAL (http://debate.uvm.edu ) a debating website founded in 1994. DEBATE CENTRAL is a non-profit service of the World Debate Institute, the Lawrence Debate Union and the University of Vermont, and is designed to promote debating at all levels, in all languages, and all around the world. Our server is provided by the University of Vermont. Th...