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2006-04-26 Africa Horn

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-26 00:43|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's Africa.

Fence it off, bomb every 5 years, repeat. No-one goes in, no-one comes out till they sort themselves out.

Koran is banned. Provide ample machetes.

Posted by anon1 2006-04-26 12:00|| 2006-04-26 12:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Somali status update:

Situation unchanged. Nothing Significant To Report (NSTR)

Next slide please.....

Posted by Besoeker 2006-04-26 13:48|| 2006-04-26 13:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Never, trust anyone who says, " in the best interests of the .... people"

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-04-26 18:38|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-26 18:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Italian Somaliland was a UN trust territory and is the southern half of present day Somalia centered on Mogadishu.

Yet more evidence that if you want a place to be especially f**ked up, give it to the UN to take care of.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-04-26 18:44|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-26 18:44|| Front Page Top

#5 The Italians did a job on their colonies: they used to own Ethiopia/Eritria, too. I had an Eritrean friend over for tea this morning, and she tries not to think about what's happening back there. Apparently those in power want to reduce the population, along the lines of Robert Mugabe's goal or reducing the number of Zimbabweans by about half.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-04-26 22:15|| 2006-04-26 22:15|| Front Page Top

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