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BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia's Somalia dilemma
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/12/2008
BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia's Somalia dilemma
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Ethiopia entered Somalia two years ago to remove the Union of Islamic Courts , elements of whose leadership had been making provocative and aggressive statements about Ethiopia. But the reality is that Ethiopian intervention, backed by the US and others, seems to have bolstered precisely the ...
islamineurope.blogspot.com - 12/7/2008
Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia
— islamineurope.blogspot.com — More and more Somalis with a residence permit in Denmark are going to back their former homeland... to get military training and religious school at the al-Qaeda related terror group al-Shabab. This has gotten the Danish intelligence service to pay more ... (more) Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia

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Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad
usatoday.com - 12/19/2008
Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad
— usatoday.com — The Somali immigrant, who moved to the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" when he was 8, had good... grades at the University of Minnesota and called Muslims to prayer at his mosque, where he also slept during the holy month of Ramadan. But on Nov. 1, Hassan ... (more) Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad

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littlurl.com - 12/20/2008
Reports concerning Somalia - 751
— littlurl.com — Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia UN SITE SEARCH: Home Resolutions Committee... Guidelines Annual Reports Selected Documents Monitoring Group on Somalia Press Releases Sanctions Committees ... (more) Reports concerning Somalia - 751

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Neptunus Lex:  Ungovernable

The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely:  Somalia: Ethiopia Out, and the US In?

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Ungovernable
Neptunus Lex — ... The Ethiopian army, which swept the armed forces of the Islamic Courts Union aside two  years ago, grows weary of the struggle to maintain order. Mogadishu, the Somali “capital” that in 1993 played host to the Blackhawk Down incident, is a ...

Somalia: Ethiopia Out, and the US In?
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — ... . The BBC speculates on Ethiopia's motives, suggesting that they're damned if they leave and damned if they don't (I agree), and the New York Times offers some ...

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