TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Crippling cuts to defence spending have left Britain unable to defend itself or stand up to Russia, according to the former head of the Army. General Sir Peter Wall said the 'consequences' of the squeeze on funding is now 'playing out' in the UK's approach to dealing with Vladimir Putin. He joins a growing chorus of criticism of the refusal by any of the main parties to protect defence spending from cuts after the election, despite a pledge to increase foreign aid budgets being enshrined in law. General Sir Peter Wall said the 'consequences' of the squeeze on funding is now 'playing out' in the UK's approach to dealing with Vladimir PutinSir Peter Wall says consequences of budget cuts are now 'playing out'UK is reluctant to face up to Russia incursions into airspace and watersJoins chorus of criticism of the impact of spending cuts on the militaryCameron under pressure to commit 2% of GDP to defence under UN target 
 Question:Up to 30,000 service personnel could go - with the _ likely to bear the heaviest cuts - leaving the armed forces with a combined strength of just 115,000 by the end of the decade, it predicted.

SOLUTION: Army

PROBLEM: NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- An Al Qaeda-linked militant group waging war against Somalia's fragile government is becoming an increasing threat to Western ally Kenya and could potentially destabilize the region with dire consequences for global security, officials and analysts warn. Al-Shabab fighters count their bullets in neighborhood of Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab, one of the strongest Islamic militias battling for control of Mogadishu, has gained ground in recent weeks, according to officials, and has started to flex its muscles beyond Somalia's border with terror strikes, kidnappings and recruitment drives. They warn that unless the world takes action the group, which wants to impose an extreme type of Islamic sharia law, could extend its grip across parts of East Africa to gain control of a region that flanks busy shipping routes already plagued by Somali piratesExperts, officials warn of growing threat from Somali militant groupAl-Shabaab is one of strongest Islamic militias battling for MogadishuKenya says danger is to region and world despite threats on Nairobi 
 Question:We know that _ are not able to do it without foreign intervention in terms of money and weapons that they are getting from other countries."

SOLUTION: Al-Shabab

PROBLEM: (CNN) "When is your Shariah going to end? ... We know you are in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood!" an irate white woman screamed in the face of a brown-skinned politician at his town hall meeting on Wednesday night. Sixteen years after 9/11, bigoted remarks like these against Muslims -- or even those perceived to be Muslim -- have become disturbingly commonplace. And our President, who during his campaign openly attacked Muslims with false claims -- that "thousands" of Muslim Americans cheered in New Jersey on 9/11, for example -- isn't helping matters. In the case of this incident, the politician who was subject to this barrage of anti-Muslim comments, Jagmeet Singh, is not even Muslim. Singh, who is running to be the head of the New Democratic Party, one of Canada's political parties, could've simply told the heckler, "I'm not a Muslim. I'm a Sikh." But he didn't. Nor did he respond by screaming at the heckler or publicly dismissing her as a bigot.Dean Obeidallah: Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh taught us an important lesson about love this past weekIn the face of hate, he chose kindness and acceptance -- an approach all of us could benefit from, Obeidallah writes 
 Question:As a Muslim, I can't thank _ enough for refusing to simply take the easy way out by responding, "I'm not Muslim."

SOLUTION:
Jagmeet Singh