news.bbc.co.uk - 3/11/2009
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A Somali Islamist fighter stands guard over a crowd that gathered to watch the public flogging of teenage boys convicted of raping a minor in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 9 March 2009
cbsnews.com - 3/6/2009
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CBS Evening News: 20 From Same Mosque Have
Repatriated, One Became A Suicide Bomber; Mosque Officials Deny...
Radical Agenda Comments Comments 20 MINNEAPOLIS, March 3, 2009 | by Dean Reynolds (CBS) On election night last November, the outcome was wildly ...
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FBI Watching Somali Muslims In Minneapolis
boston.com - 3/16/2009
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boston.com —
Somali pirates continue their attacks against international ships
in and around the Gulf of Aden, despite the...
deterrent of stepped-up international naval escorts and patrols - and the increased failure rate of their attacks. Under agreements with ...
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Pirates of Somalia
google.com - 3/9/2009
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18 hours ago BEIJING (AP) China's navy will
renew an anti-piracy mission to the Gulf of Aden...
when the current commitment expires in the coming months, a naval top officer was quoted as saying by state media on Monday. China's three-ship anti-piracy ...
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The Associated Press: China to renew Somalia anti-piracy ...
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Somali cabinet endorses plan to impose sharia law
Jihad Watch —
... under every Islamic government, even more or less nominal ones: How much sharia is enough sharia? Since there is no concept of limited power when the legislative source is said to be Allah's own commands, there will always be the impulse to impose sharia more strictly when it is politically expedient, as it is right now. That brings two consequences: A tyrannical government, and prospect of upheaval over whether it is tyrannical enough.
"Somali cabinet backs Sharia plan," from BBC News, March 10:
The cabinet in Somalia has endorsed a ...
What Senators Didn’t Hear About Somali-American Jihadists
Pajamas Media —
A serious new terrorist threat is on the horizon - but government officials are too politically correct to face it. [image] Since 1991, Somalia has been an ungoverned, lawless state. In recent weeks, things have gotten worse as the al-Qaeda-allied group al-Shabaab (”The Youth”) tightens its grip on the country. Earlier this week the cabinet of “president” Sheikh Sherif Ahmed endorsed a plan to institute Sharia law in areas it controls. In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Maples testified that analysts ...
“What Senators Didn’t Hear About Somali-American Jihadists”: HSGAC Mired in PC
Israpundit —
... Since 1991, Somalia has been an ungoverned, lawless state. In recent weeks, things have gotten worse as the al-Qaeda-allied group al-Shabaab (”The Youth”) tightens its grip on the country. Earlier this week the cabinet of “president” Sheikh Sherif Ahmed endorsed a plan to institute Sharia law in areas it controls. In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Maples testified that analysts expect that al-Shabaab will officially ...
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