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Africa Horn
Somalia, radical Islam and sea lanes
2006-07-18
By Scott B MacDonald

Well-written review piece. If you're new to the Burg and want to understand why Somalia is important, this article will help.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  I've debunked this nonsense before. Somalia is a country the United Nations made up (invented). It has now devolved back into it's constituent parts. Two thirds is stable but poor (Puntland and Somaliland). The other third is a basketcase, not least because various parties are fighting over the goodies that come from international recognition.

The rational response is to recognize Puntland and Somaliland and ignore the southern third, rather than the current focus on the southern third and ignoring of P+Sland.

It won't happen any time, becuase it would mean recognizing the UN made another monumental f@@kup resulting in thousands of corpses.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-07-18 13:24  

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