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2010-07-18 Africa Horn

WaPo covers Somalia: Evil West uses disproportionate force

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Posted by ryuge 2010-07-18 00:29|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 Ask another Rantburg regular about a WaPo reporter having an affair with a jihadist leader in the Phillipines and outing our men.

Posted by 3dc 2010-07-18 09:48|| 2010-07-18 09:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Civilians get caught in the middle? The losers use civilians as shields as well as targets. People are nothing more than sandbags and fodder to jihadists.

Posted by miscellaneous 2010-07-18 10:09|| 2010-07-18 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Ask another Rantburg regular about a WaPo reporter having an affair with a jihadist leader in the Phillipines and outing our men.

I don't remember that story, 3dc. Or was that something you heard privately?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-18 11:24|| 2010-07-18 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Maria Ressa, CNN, was rumored to be involved in an affair with Kadaffi Janjalani. She seemed to have full access to the Abu Sayyaff and the hostages.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-07-18 11:41|| 2010-07-18 11:41|| Front Page Top

#5 the commenters at the WaPo article get it:
"fa836659 wrote:
this has to be the worst article ever written in the washingtonpost. it is very inaccurate, and inflammatory and gives readers the impression that these peacekeepers are just killing innocent civilians intentionally and for no reason. it is just flat out horrible journalism. where was this type of top class reporting when the peacekeepers were getting killed themselves, or the Somalian citizens. somalia has been a lawless country for decades now, and 100's of thousands of innocent people have died in the hands of these militants who don't even know why they are fighting. articles like this is a serious violation of common sense"

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-18 12:50|| 2010-07-18 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 This is just a propaganda piece for al-Shabab : they bombed the Ugandans and now the Ugandans are sending more troops and making it clear that the ROEs are NOT going to stop them from splattering al-Shabab. So, al-Shabab is using its useful idiots in the West to spread anti-AMISCOM propaganda before the Ugandans go all medieval on them, to try to stop them.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-07-18 12:50|| 2010-07-18 12:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Ok, so Sudarsan Raghavan is WaPo's bureau chief for Africa. We have a pretty good history of anti-American elements infiltrating bureau chief positions with organizations like AP. Why not WaPo?

This article reads like an Islamic Courts propaganda piece.

The Washington Post has certain sunk a long way from back when they were are real newspaper.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-07-18 12:58|| 2010-07-18 12:58|| Front Page Top

#8 The Washington Post has certain sunk a long way from back when they were are real newspaper.
Posted by: crosspatch 2010-07-18

Well, that WAS 70 years ago. A lot can happen in 70 years. Of course, WAPO has been a piece of crap for at least the last 45 years, so the drop happened rather quickly.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-07-18 14:11|| 2010-07-18 14:11|| Front Page Top

#9 versus

WORLD NEWS > PAN-AFRICANS: SEND MORE TROOPS TO SOMALIA.

and

* SAME > AL SHABAAB CELLS NOW IN MAJOR AMERICAN/US CITIES, as due to 00's of "Bad Nature/Character" Somali Men being smuggled into the US by Americ ANTHONY JOSEPH TRACY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

versus

* SAME > [India]EASY REBEL ACCESS TO CALCUTTA. WANTED individual anti-Govt Maoist Leaders have little to no difficulties covertly sneaking or moving, etc. around Calcutta despite Govt security presence.

* SAME > [Tibet = Nepal] BAIDYA WARNS OF [armed = violent] "UPRISING" IFF MAOISTS NEGLECTED, by the Nepali Congress + CPMN-UML??

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-18 22:35|| 2010-07-18 22:35|| Front Page Top

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