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2006-07-18 Africa Horn

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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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">phil_b 2006-07-18 13:24|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-18 13:24|| Front Page Top

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