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Somalia: "Washington's Disastrous Approach to Somalia"
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News and views about Somalia, its people, its governance, its neighbors, and U.S. policy toward that country. Saturday, April 12, 2008. Washington's Disastrous Approach to Somalia". Washington's Disastrous Approach to Somalia. Michael A. Weinstein. Professor of Political Science, Purdue University. April 1, 2008. What is Washington's policy towards Somalia? Anti-terrorism stripped out of its comprehensive cocoon is surely one of them. Most of all, however, Washington is confused and ambivalent; it does n...
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Somalia: February 2007
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News and views about Somalia, its people, its governance, its neighbors, and U.S. policy toward that country. Friday, February 23, 2007. Somalia Reverts to Political Fragmentation'. If you're a serious Somalia watcher, I strongly recommend you read PINR's in-depth examination of the post-intervention tragedy now unfolding in that country. Here are its introductory paragraphs (to jump to the complete article, click here. Or on the title line above):. Posted by Frank Crigler. Relative success" in Somalia.
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Somalia: November 2008
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News and views about Somalia, its people, its governance, its neighbors, and U.S. policy toward that country. Friday, November 21, 2008. How 'bout them Somali Pirates? A good friend argued with me at lunch today that there was no way the U.S. Navy was going to be effective in suppressing piracy off the coast of Somalia. "Very simply," he said, "the Navy doesn't have enough ships to do the job.". But the pirates’ biggest victim has been Somalia itself. Some 2.6m of the country’s 8m peo...It's worth readin...
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Somalia: August 2007
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News and views about Somalia, its people, its governance, its neighbors, and U.S. policy toward that country. Saturday, August 11, 2007. Two independent Somali journalists murdered; Mogadishu radio station shut down. Two Somali broadcast journalists were killed just hours apart Saturday in Mogadishu. Ali Iman Sharmarke, head of the HornAfrik media company, was killed by a roadside bomb as he was returning from the funeral of his employee, Mahad Ahmed Elmi, who had been shot to death earlier in the day.
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The World: March 2007
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News and views about people and places around the world of special interest to my friends and me. Thursday, March 8, 2007. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The World
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News and views about people and places around the world of special interest to my friends and me. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The World: State Department Daily Briefing
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News and views about people and places around the world of special interest to my friends and me. Friday, May 18, 2007. State Department Daily Briefing. From our Department of Humor. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. State Department Daily Briefing.
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Mexico: WashPost: "Mexican Envoy Criticizes U.S. Role in Anti-Drug Effort"
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News and views about Mexico, its people, its governance, its politics, and U.S. policy toward that country. Thursday, April 12, 2007. WashPost: "Mexican Envoy Criticizes U.S. Role in Anti-Drug Effort". Mexican Envoy Highly Critical of U.S. Role in Anti-Drug Effort. Washington Post Staff Writer. Friday, March 23, 2007; A11. The United States has contributed "zilch" to Mexico's efforts to combat the nations' joint problem with criminal narcotics gangs, Mexico's new ambassador to Washington said yesterday.
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Somalia: December 2006
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News and views about Somalia, its people, its governance, its neighbors, and U.S. policy toward that country. Saturday, December 30, 2006. Questions from a close friend. Following message from a distinguished diplomat and close friend reached me yesterday (my reply follows):. Are the Islamists in fact patriots with any realistic hope of unifying the country? What, practically, could diplomacy accomplish in these circumstances beyond a temporary pause in the bloodshed? What can diplomacy do? Well, diploma...