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| 2009-12-13 |
| Cut most of article about Somali pirates and returning exile tools. There are only about a thousand Somali Christians left in the country, and in the south, al Shabaab is hunting them down and killing them. The Transitional Government, which is run by Islamic conservatives, is not speaking out against these murders. Decades of chaos have caused most local Christians to flee the country. Meanwhile, Sufi Moslems are also under attack, but they are more numerous (several percent of the population) and are organizing militias and fighting back. The armed Sufis are not a big threat to al Shabaab, but do restrict the movement of the radicals somewhat. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 Could have said the same thing about Jamaica before the tourist wave arrived. Somalia has some of the most gorgeous coastline in the world-- hundreds of miles of it, actually-- and could generate billions in annual tourism revenues if the followers of Allan weren't in charge. |
| Posted by: lex 2009-12-13 21:32 |
| #2 Besides piracy, that is all there is to do is to fight. Fighting and qat. Not much else to do in that little bit of heaven called Somalia. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-12-13 14:59 |
| #1 why would you even fight over that shithole country |
| Posted by: chris 2009-12-13 12:30 |