Around the Horn of Africa: Somalia Port-of-Call

If you didn't know any better you would swear the Zionist papers are racist for the lack of coverage in this area.

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"13 civilians killed in Somalia battles" by Associated Press | September 29, 2009

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mortars and missiles pounded parts of the Somali capital yesterday, killing at least 13 civilians in two battles between Islamic militiamen and the African Union peacekeeping force, witnesses and officials said.

In the first battle, heavily armed Islamist insurgents attacked a Burundian contingent of the AU force based at a former military academy in southwestern Mogadishu. Witnesses said eight civilians were killed....

Later yesterday, residents reported missiles pounding Mogadishu’s main market and said they were fired from an AU base nearby. Witnesses say they saw at least five civilians killed. However, an AU peacekeeping force spokesman, Barigye Bahoku, said AU soldiers did not target the market in the city’s south and instead were firing to protect a cargo ship docking at the port, which was being attacked by Islamic insurgents....

Attacked by who?

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Earlier yesterday, a firing squad of 10 al-Shabab men killed two Somalis in Mogadishu’s main livestock market after the group accused them of being spies for foreign organizations.

They may well have been, folks -- in both cases!

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You SURE they WERE NOT PIRATES?

"Spanish trawler hijacked off Somalia" by Associated Press | October 3, 2009

Yeah, haven't heard about them for a while, and after this Slow Saturday special, I won't again. But the purpose was served: get western warships patrolling that vital sea lane, cui bono?

MADRID - Pirates hijacked a Spanish tuna trawler with a 36-member crew yesterday in the Indian Ocean, officials said.

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The ship Alakrana sent out distress signals advising of a pirate attack and since then its owner has not been able to communicate with it, said Echebastar Fleet, the firm that owns the ship.

Two planes from Luxembourg, taking part in an European Union antipiracy flotilla, flew over the ship and saw armed people aboard, said Pilar Unzalu, the Basque region’s fisheries and agriculture minister....

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So what happened, Globe?