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Africa Horn
Aid plea for Somalia drought victims
2006-01-29
A severe drought in and around Somalia has left up to 2.1 million people in urgent need of assistance, a group monitoring food availability in the region has reported.
Sorry. Been there, done that, got the casualties to show for it.
The victims, many of whom fled their homes to escape militia violence, suffer from severely restricted access to food and income, the Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU), part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Programme, said.
I'm sure there are lots of holy men around to comfort them, though...
Its report released on Friday blamed the situation on poor crop and livestock production, limited markets for their labour and produce, loss of cereal and livestock assets, and deteriorating terms of trade as a result of rising cereal prices and falling livestock prices. In the North, Central and Southern Regions of Somalia an estimated 1.7 million people are facing acute food and livelihood crisis or humanitarian emergency at least until June, the FSAU said after a visit to the country last month. An estimated 380,000 people who fled their homes to escape the violence in anarchic Somalia also need help, according to the group which works with UN, US and European aid groups.
If you're that crummy at managing a country, perhaps you need to hire somebody else to do it for you.
Posted by:Fred

#18  Kosher crickets are un-islamic.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-01-29 22:06  

#17  Are crickets edible SPoD?

I don't know about crickets in general, although my mother was once offered chocolate covered ants as a treat (well, she was living in New York City at the time), but the particular species of locust common in the Middle East is the only kind of insect listed in the Bible as kosher for eating, according to God's commandment.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-01-29 21:53  

#16  Bravo, Frank!
Posted by: Darrell   2006-01-29 20:23  

#15  Are crickets edible SPoD?
Posted by: 3dc   2006-01-29 20:19  

#14  :> Not bad for an engineer.
Posted by: 6   2006-01-29 19:00  

#13  Somalia can rely on it's fellow muslims for support can't it?

Listening...Crickets
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2006-01-29 18:25  

#12  If it rains cats and dogs, they will be eaten...problem solved.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-01-29 17:23  

#11  :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-29 17:21  

#10  Frank, quit yer day job!! LOwayfunnyL!
Posted by: RD   2006-01-29 17:11  

#9  I'm sorry, Frank, but that last comment was all wet.
Posted by: lotp   2006-01-29 16:59  

#8  at least the Italians made the rains run on time
Posted by: Frank G   2006-01-29 16:55  

#7  Even the Italians ran Somalia better ...
Posted by: Steve White   2006-01-29 15:50  

#6  If you're that crummy at managing a country, perhaps you need to hire somebody else to do it for you.

Heh. I know that was meant as a snark, but it's really not a bad idea. Hiring a company like Haliburton with large project management experience might be just the ticket for fixing up pissant failed states like Somalia. Expecially if they had some private security for armed ass-kicking.
Posted by: SteveS   2006-01-29 15:34  

#5  Yes, send money. Somalia has given soooooo much to the world that we cannot turn our backs on them in their hour of need. Those starving drought stricken warlords desperately need your help to feed and nurture their scurilous bands of murderers and pirates.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-01-29 12:51  

#4  Gee, maybe we should send in some UN/US troops (without adequate armourment) and hunt down a war lord?
Posted by: Captain America   2006-01-29 12:34  

#3  I suppose it never occurred that all that praying to Allah didn't work so good.

Drought is supposed to be Allah's will?

So obey Allah and die already, don't fight Allah's will and survive the drought sent specificly to kill you.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-01-29 12:22  

#2  The holy men are too busy harranguing the ummah for being insufficiently Islamic to offer much comfort...
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-01-29 04:00  

#1  Maybe they can hijack a few grain ships.
Posted by: ed   2006-01-29 02:00  

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