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South
Africa's 1998 incursion into Maseru did not go well. Getty Images
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Any military intervention
in the Gambia by West African troops needs to be carefully considered. What
happened in a similar situation in Lesotho in 1998 - when South
African soldiers backed by Botswana invaded the tiny land-locked kingdom of
Lesotho with the aim of restoring order - offers a cautionary tale.
