Quite a difference from the full meals the agenda-pushing media was presenting a few weeks ago.
"FLEEING FROM FAMINE -- A family from southern Somalia sat yesterday in a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu. Thousands of people have arrived in the city over the past two weeks seeking assistance. According to US figures, 29,000 Somali children under age 5 have died, and more than 12 million people need food aid (Boston Globe August 22 2011)."
Related:
Somali Death March
Somali Starvation Was a Sales Pitch
Like everything else in the paper.
"Thousands of Somalis celebrate Islamist retreat" August 23, 2011|Abdi Guled, Associated Press
Thousands of Somalis attended a rally on Tuesday to celebrate the withdrawal of Islamist rebels from bases in the Somali capital, even as the militants executed three men accused of spying in a de facto court.
Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali addressed the rally at Mogadishu’s Konis stadium, which was a training ground for the insurgency until they pulled back from their bases earlier this month. He said Somali troops had overcome many difficulties to drive al-Shabab rebels from the capital.
Related: "Al-CIA-Duh" School in Somalia
So they were told to evacuate.
Much of the fighting was also done by a 9,000-strong African Union force supporting the U.N.-backed government, and Ali acknowledged them in his speech. “Thanks to our army, AMISOM and our people,’’ he said, using the abbreviation for the African Union Mission in Somalia. “Our troops made those achievements despite difficulties they face, including lack of salary and camps. Within a short period we shall get rid of (al-Shabab) from the country.’’
Residents attending the rally said they were tired of being intimidated by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab.
Meaning they are the former warlords we backed.
“We are free and started a new comfortable life when (al-Shabab) left us,’’ said demonstrator Makay Aden. “We pray they will not come back. They killed many of our people, beheaded bodies were scattered on our streets when they were here.’’
Anyone tell those "CIA-Duh" idiots that is not the way you win over people?
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Nothing about the famine in there?
Also see:
A Feast of Fasting Stories From India
Need to sail over there next.
"Somali pirates free tanker after 10 months" August 26, 2011
Somali pirates released a cargo ship and its crew on Friday that had been held hostage for nearly 10 months, and the vessel’s Greek managers declined to say whether a ransom had been paid. But the managers complained that the international community lacks the political will to effectively combat widespread piracy off the east African country....
Yeah, if the world's navies can't defeat a bunch of poor pirates how are they going to win a war -- unless some of them are behind or protecting the pirates, 'eh?
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Also see: Demands may trigger Greek default
“Piracy is a scourge that threatens nations, commerce, and individual lives,’’ US Attorney Neil MacBride said in a statement. “Today’s sentences send a message to all those who participate in piracy that armed attacks on the high seas carry lifelong consequences.’’
Unless they are Israelis.
Related:
"Pirate Bay is one of the best known bit torrent sites, a site where people can upload data and materials such as movies and music, allowing others to download them for free.
Some of the Wikileaks documents and data stolen by well-known hacker groups are posted at such sites....
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