I am not saying that Somalia was not in turmoil before the US bombed it last year. But add Somalia now to the list of Iraq and Afganistan. The defeat of local Islamist forces in Mogadishu last year was accomplished only with the help of American air strikes, intelligence and logistical support. It allowed a widely unpopular, western-approved regime to take control. The US bombing was supposedly to have curbed “Al-Qaida efforts to “Talibanise” the Horn of Africa”. But far from being vanquished, the Islamists, whose support is largely drawn from the grass roots are making a comeback.<\/p>\n
\nMeantime more than 1,000 civilians have been killed or wounded in recent fighting in the capital, Mogadishu, and tens of thousands have fled their homes. The UN says wounded civilians are lying untended in the streets after heavy artillery and mortars pounded residential areas. Since February, 96,000 refugees have swelled the ranks of Somalia’s 400,000 internally displaced persons.
\nSo now Somalia joins the ranks of Iraq and Afganistan as nations on the brink of absolute destruction. Aided and abetted by the western colonists.
\nSource :
\nhttp:\/\/commentisfree.guardian.co.uk\/simon_tisdall\/2007\/04\/somalia_slips_ever_backwards_h.html
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