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...that the fact that the two last forces to offer anything approaching a stabilizing presence in Somalia - the Ethiopian army and a small African Union peacekeeping force - are expected to withdraw in the next few weeks. (In the case of the Ethiopians, who invaded in late 2006 to topple an Islamist government and who have been accused of atrocities during their stay, whether they have been a force for or against stabilization is hotly debated...
...Islamic factions that have come together under the umbrella Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia. Somalis greeted it with a shred of hope, even though the move was mostly symbolic. The Islamist campaign is now being run by another group, al-Shabaab, which has made a steady comeback since Ethiopian troops pushed them from the capital, Mogadishu, on Christmas Eve two years ago. (See the top 10 news stories...
Somalia's Struggles Yes, the Somali Islamic government had its faults [Nov. 24]. But you left out that after 15 years with no government, Somali businessmen created one to establish some order. They succeeded and actually stopped piracy. But the U.S. and Ethiopian militaries attacked the nation's hospitals and civilians and destroyed the government, bringing back piracy - not to mention possibly the worst refugee conditions in the world. Don Lairs, AUSTIN, TEXAS...
...Somalia's Struggles yes, the somali islamic government had its faults [Nov. 24]. But you left out that after 15 years with no government, Somali businessmen created one to establish order. They succeeded and actually stopped piracy. But the U.S. and Ethiopian militaries attacked the nation's hospitals and civilians and destroyed the government, bringing back piracy - and possibly the worst refugee conditions in the world. Don Lairs, Austin, Texas...
...Somali Islamic government had its faults [Nov. 24]. But you left out that after 15 years with no government, Somali businessmen created one to establish some order. They succeeded and actually stopped piracy. But the U.S. and Ethiopian militaries attacked the nation's hospitals and civilians and destroyed the government, bringing back piracy--not to mention possibly the worst refugee conditions in the world. Don Lairs, AUSTIN, TEXAS...