Topic: Somalia
Not only does President Obama deserve no credit for the Somali hostage rescue, a popular viral email declares, he actually prolonged the crisis by refusing to authorize lethal force.
Agencies across the US government met Friday on stepping up the fight against pirates days after the dramatic rescue of a US captain off Somalia shot the issue to the top of the new administration's agenda.Representatives from agencies including the State, Defense ...
A leading US Democratic senator warned President Barack Obama Monday not to neglect Somalia after the latest piracy incident off the country's coast and a mortar attack on a US lawmaker. "For years, Somalia's growing instability was neglected by the Bush administration ...
President Barack Obama made a fresh vow to confront piracy on Monday, hours after a Somali pirate chief warned of revenge against Americans following the dramatic rescue of a US sea captain.Obama said the United States was resolved to hold those who ...
Bush leaves stricken Somalia no better than he found it and maybe worseThe Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one.The explosion of piracy off Somalia's coast is an attention-grabbing product ...
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Fault Lines - Horn of Africa Crisis ...
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Somalia Diaspora Discussion at Chatham House ...
Somalia diaspora discuss issues that concern them, with Henry Bellingham ...2012-02-09 -
Somalia bomb attack toll rises to ...
At least 15 people were killed by a suicide bomber ...2012-02-09
