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While Pakistan Has Our Attention, Look What's Brewing in Somalia...6 comments

insightanalytical wrote 7 months ago: ~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL A few mornings ago I was listening to the BBC World Service as usual and … more →

Tags: Current Politics, World News, BBC world service, sharia law, The Taliban, Pakistan, U.S. Treasury Department, Somalia, eithiopia

Could it be The One?2 comments

Om wrote 1 year ago: Over the weekend, a long overdue cease-fire agreement was signed in Djibouti by representatives of t … more →

Tags: Somalia, East Africa, Civil War, Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, warlords, Abdillahi Yusuf Ahmed, Aideed

Ethiopian Troops Leave Somalia

5-Pillar Scribe wrote 1 year ago: Why is a Scot newspaper the only one to report this from Somalia?… Ethiopian troops still in B … more →

Tags: African Union, Burundi, Ethiopia, Mogadishu, peacekeepers, Somali, US, Uganda, UIC

Troop pull-out leaves government on brink

5-Pillar Scribe wrote 1 year ago: The US must now be wondering whether it was all worth it. Western backing for the unpopular Somali g … more →

Tags: Human Rights, War crimes, US, American, al-Qaeda, islamist, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia

The World's Most Utterly Failed State, The Economist profiles

Om wrote 1 year ago: I’m not one to be accused of liking the The Economist, but I’m quite pleased to see a le … more →

Tags: Somalia, East Africa, Civil War, Ethiopia, UIC, Transitional Federal Government, warlords, Abdillahi Yusuf Ahmed, US

The Union of Islamic Courts Are Back, But still Extreme5 comments

Om wrote 1 year ago: Lately we’ve been hearing the comeback of the UIC in Central Somalia and part of Southern Soma … more →

Tags: East Africa, Somalia, Maxamed Ibrahim Macallimu, stability, TFG, UIC, warlords

Dozens of Ethiopians killed in Somalia

5-Pillar Scribe wrote 1 year ago: Al Shabaab (meaning “youth”) is the armed wing of the sharia courts movement that ruled … more →

Tags: Mogadishu, al-Shabaab, Towfikh district, Ethiopian troops, Suuq Baced, Abdi Rahim Isse Addow

Cliff Hanger, Again!7 comments

Om wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. strike in Somalia on Thursday killing Aadan Ayro will leave us another cliff hanger for the … more →

Tags: Africa Related, Somalia, East Africa, Ethiopia, TFG, UIC, Transitional Federal Government, foreign interference, Ayro

Worst of the Worst

Om wrote 1 year ago: “In many ways, Somalia is not a state at all, but more a lawless space between its neighbors a … more →

Tags: Africa Related, Somalia, East Africa, Meles Zenawi, bush, War, TFG, UIC, Abdullahi Yusuf

Allied forces attacked in central Somalia, civilians killed

Admin wrote 1 year ago:  Allied forces attacked in central Somalia, civilians killed Thu. January 24, 2008 08:50 am.- By Moh … more →

Tags: News, Somalia

Ze Frank on Somali Politics

SunKisser wrote 2 years ago: For the past two-thousand five hundred years or so, the Somali people and some others have lived in … more →

Tags: The Somali Prosperity Movement, ethopia, Somali Politics, Islam, Somalia, islamist, UIC, Horn of Africa, Ze Frank

Governing Somalia:3 comments

Liam Bailey wrote 2 years ago: What is more important, freedom or security? Asks Liam Bailey In the last throes of 2006 Ethiopian f … more →

Tags: Africa, U.K/U.S Foreign Policy, War in Somalia, World

The War on Terror Hits Africa

aminamire wrote 2 years ago: Bush Does Somali By NICK DEARDEN Counterpunch | Dec 30-31 2006 “The president is not going to … more →

Tags: Somalia analysis, USA, Africa general, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Israel, Russia/ USSR, Saudi Arabia, Iran

In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war

aminamire wrote 2 years ago: by Salim Lone Tribune Media Services Tuesday, December 26, 2006 NAIROBIUndeterred by the horrors and … more →

Tags: Somalia analysis, Somalia culture, USA, Islam, Africa general, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, warlords

Ethiopia Gave Hobson's Choice for Christmas

Liam Bailey wrote 2 years ago: Somalis have recently been under a harsh Islamic regime, but the alternatives are much worse. By Lia … more →

Tags: War-on-terror, Islamic Jihad Terrorism, World, War in Somalia, Africa

Somalia Resolution: No Peace to Keep2 comments

Liam Bailey wrote 3 years ago: Peacekeepers should never be expected to establish peace.By Liam Bailey The 15 Member United Nations … more →

Tags: Iraq War, Islamic Jihad Terrorism, middle east, Israeli war crimes, Israeli Conflicts, War in Somalia, Africa

Somalia's War Will Revitalize Terrorism Around The World!3 comments

Liam Bailey wrote 3 years ago: Islamic militants’ success sets a worrying example for a world fighting extremism. By Liam Bai … more →

Tags: World, War in Somalia, Africa

From bad to worse - Guardian Leader

aminamire wrote 2 years ago: Leader Wednesday December 27, 2006 The Guardian Somalia has impinged on the consciousness of sated w … more →

Tags: Somalia analysis, USA, Africa general, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, African Union, UN


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