Somalia is Obama’s new “Afghanistan”
Christian Science Monitor
by staff
08/06/09
The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. The epicenter is Somalia, a Muslim land largely in chaos since 1991 and — this is the big worry — a possible nesting ground for Al Qaeda or its allies. President Obama has taken on this trouble spot directly, as he has Afghanistan. He’s beefing up US military aid and training for Somalia’s besieged government, which can barely hold onto the capital, Mogadishu. And on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a high-profile meeting with the country’s elected president, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0806/p08s01-comv.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
by staff
08/06/09
The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. The epicenter is Somalia, a Muslim land largely in chaos since 1991 and — this is the big worry — a possible nesting ground for Al Qaeda or its allies. President Obama has taken on this trouble spot directly, as he has Afghanistan. He’s beefing up US military aid and training for Somalia’s besieged government, which can barely hold onto the capital, Mogadishu. And on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a high-profile meeting with the country’s elected president, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0806/p08s01-comv.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
rudkla - 7. Aug, 10:17
