Oh, they are "Al-CIA-Duh," huh?
"Somali Islamists carry out amputations on 3 men
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Six masked men used machetes to carry out amputations on three men accused of robbery by a Somali Islamist court, a witness said Saturday....
Are you SURE they were NOT WHITE?
The Islamic courts were originally set up to try to counter the bloody chaos of Somalia's 18-year-old civil war. Initially their harsh judgments were welcomed by many of the war-weary population and in 2006 the courts formed the basis for an Islamist administration that controlled much of the capital and southern Somalia.
Related:
Memory Hole: Somali Slander
Memory Hole: More on Somalia
Somali Peace Pleas Met With Silence
Don't you love it when you get a SKEWED LIE as BACKGROUND HISTORY in the jewspaper?
So WHAT ELSE are they LYING ABOUT?
But the Islamist government was toppled in December 2006 by Ethiopian troops supporting the weak U.N.-backed government, and the Islamists launched a bloody insurgency.
Yes, the ETHIOPIANS INVADED at the behest of the US to drive out the BEST GOVERNMENT SOMALIA EVER HAD!
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: Ethiopia Reinvades Somalia
The courts are still active in areas under Islamist control, including many neighborhoods in the capital....
"11 suspected pirates captured in Indian Ocean
PARIS — A NATO spokeswoman says 11 suspected pirates have been captured after a foiled attack on French fishing ships in the Indian Ocean.
Jacqueline Sherriff of the maritime unit of NATO in Northwood, outside London, says the coast guard in the archipelago of Seychelles captured one boat with eight suspects on board. She says three men were discovered aboard another boat believed to be their mothership. Pirates attacked two fishing boats in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, but French soldiers protecting the trawlers returned fire and forced the assailants to flee....
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So why are these hijackings not followed up, huh?
No "news?" No agenda to push? Concealing covert operations?
"Covert action programs, a particularly secret category in which the role of the United States is hidden"
Those our CIA warlords now being protected playing pirates and you hiding it, MSM? Is that why the agenda-pushing amputations were ignored, Glob?
