Richard Bennet: Somalia ... How Not to Win in Afghanistan - History News Network

Richard Ben­net: Soma­lia … How Not to Win in Afghanistan
His­tory News Net­work
Soma­lia lacks secu­rity forces that could secure neigh­bor­hoods and pre­vent them from becom­ing havens for ter­ror­ists or pirates. More fatally, Soma­lis have

A Recipe for Somalia - Foreign Policy


For­eign Policy
A Recipe for Soma­lia
For­eign Pol­icy
In Jan­u­ary 2007, for instance, attacks by an AC-130 gun­ship and attack heli­copters killed at least 31 peo­ple, many of them sus­pected Islamist mil­i­tants.

'Best hope' for Somalia - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tri­bune
‘Best hope’ for Soma­lia
Chicago Tri­bune
Oth­ers worry his deal­ings with the US could fur­ther agi­tate al–Shabab mil­i­tants and other insur­gents — there­fore giv­ing al-Qaida even more influ­ence.

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Official: Somali defense minister nabbed in Uganda - Gaea Times (blog)

Offi­cial: Somali defense min­is­ter nabbed in Uganda
Gaea Times (blog)
Soma­lia has been rav­aged by vio­lence and anar­chy since war­lords over­threw dic­ta­tor Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, then turned on each other. The al–Shabab

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Somalia's president meets with members of Minnesota's Somali community - Gaea Times (blog)

Somalia’s pres­i­dent meets with mem­bers of Minnesota’s Somali com­mu­nity
Gaea Times (blog)
A group called al–Shabab, which the US says has ties to al-Qaida, is lead­ing much of the fight­ing in Soma­lia. As many as 20 young Somali men from Min­nesota

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.. How Somalia's legendary 'Mad Mullah ... - SomalilandPress

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.. How Somalia’s leg­endary ‘Mad Mul­lah
Soma­liland­Press
Osama bin Laden’s “ene­mies may call him a ter­ror­ist,” one top Shabab mil­i­tant told a NEWSWEEK reporter in 2006, defend­ing the Qaeda leader.

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Somalia: The Disappearing State - insidesomalia.org

Soma­lia: The Dis­ap­pear­ing State
insidesomalia.org
On August 5, four sup­port­ers of the Somali mil­i­tant group, Al–Shabab, were arrested for plan­ning a ter­ror­ist attack in Vic­to­ria, Aus­tralia.

Somalia: The Disappearing State - Bi-College News

Soma­lia: The Dis­ap­pear­ing State
Bi-College News
On August 5, four sup­port­ers of the Somali mil­i­tant group, Al–Shabab, were arrested for plan­ning a ter­ror­ist attack in Vic­to­ria, Aus­tralia.

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Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia - CNN

Ambu­lance offers hope in war-torn Soma­lia
CNN
“We had to take the body of a Syr­ian ship cap­tain who had been killed by pirates to the air­port,” he said. “The gov­ern­ment and African Union sol­diers opened

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Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia - CNN International

Ambu­lance offers hope in war-torn Soma­lia
CNN Inter­na­tional
“We had to take the body of a Syr­ian ship cap­tain who had been killed by pirates to the air­port,” he said. “The gov­ern­ment and African Union sol­diers opened

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