Category Archives: Somalia

Censorship of Civilian Casualties in the US

AL JAZEERA COLUMN: Censorship of Civilian Casualties in the US from Ted Rall’s Rallblogby Ted Rall 1 person liked this US mainstream media and the public’s willful ignorance is to blame for lack of knowledge about true cost of wars. … Continue reading

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Revolution is in the Air: 6/5/11: Was there a Yemeni Revolution?

INDEX (stories follow)  EVENTS Was there a Yemeni Revolution?  from Informed Comment by Juan Yemen: endgame for strongman Saleh?  from World War 4 Report blogs by WW4 Report `Ali `Abdullah Salih  from The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب by noreply@blogger.com (As’ad AbuKhalil) Seymour Hersh on the Arab … Continue reading

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Anzalone: Building an Insurgent State in Somalia?

Anzalone: Building an Insurgent State in Somalia? from Informed Comment by Juan Christopher Anzalone writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Somali insurgent movement Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Movement of Warrior-Youth) has controlled nearly all of southern and central Somalia since 2009 … Continue reading

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Pirio: Military Offensive against Al Shabaab in Somalia

Pirio: Military Offensive against Al Shabaab in Somalia from Informed Comment by Juan Gregory Alonso Pirio writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: With the world’s eyes riveted to the unfolding civil conflict in Libya, little notice is being given to a … Continue reading

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