billwarnerpi.com - 2/25/2009
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Since last year, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have tried to analyze what inspired the men to travel to Somalia, a country long mired in violence.....The answer is/was the Al-Shabaab terror recruiting website http://www.kataaib,net/ (in Somalia's native language Swahili) that ...
Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia
longwarjournal.org 1/31/2009 —
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (left) and Sheikh Yusuf Indohaadde during a news conference iin June 2006. Indohaadde, the former Defense Minister for the Islamic Courts Union, appeared on al Qaeda propaganda tapes .
Somalia's newly ...
The End in Somalia
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/28/2009 — The disastrous American-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia seems to have reached its ultimate conclusion today as the Ethiopian-backed nominal government totally collapses and Islamist insurgents capture Baidoa. Now we’ll have to reach some ...
Al-Qaeda’s Terrorist second man seen in Somalia
terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com 3/12/2009 — The second man of Al-Qaeda terror network Ayman Al-Zawahiri has been seen for the first time Habar Gidir stronghold Marka town 90km south of Somalia capital as quoted from officials of unnamed money transfer companies and aid agencies on ...
New Bin Laden Audio: "Fight On, Champions of Somalia"
mypetjawa.mu.nu 3/19/2009 — Earlier today al Qaida'a media front, As-Sahab, released an audio tape dubbed over a still picture of Bin Laden in front of a map of Somalia. This is the second video released by As-Sahab that deals almost exclusively with...
Reports concerning Somalia - 751
littlurl.com 12/20/2008 — 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 ...
Shabaab takes control of Somalia's seat of government
longwarjournal.org 1/26/2009 —
Click map to view. Southern Somalia is now under the control of Shabaab and other Islamist groups. Map created by Bill Raymond for The Long War Journal .
Al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia took control of the last stronghold of ...
Somalia's rising tide of extremism
longwarjournal.org 3/12/2009 —
Imagery of a Shabaab fighter from the terror groups' website.
This week, four high-level US government officials testified at Senate hearings about the growing threat of terrorism emanating from Somalia. Two officials, Director ...
UN Envoy Calls Attention to Somalia Humanitarian Crisis
voanews.com 1/28/2009 — Kilner report - Download (MP3) audio clip Kilner report - Listen (MP3) audio clip The U.N. Special Humanitarian Envoy appealed for increased attention to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, following a trip to the country. As Derek Kilner reports from ...
How Bush Failed Somalia
prospect.org 12/20/2008 — Two years ago the United States intervened in East African politics in a way that has been responsible for the deaths of untold thousands of people, has created the pirate problem, and is breeding a new generation of anti-American jihadists.
First 100 days: The Iraq withdrawal —
First Read 2/25/2009
NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube reported yesterday, “U.S. military and administration officials tell NBC News that President Obama is expected to announce that more than half of the American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq within 19 ...
First 100 days: Afghanistan and Iraq —
First Read 2/26/2009
Per a new Washington Post/ABC poll, two-thirds of Americans support President Obama's decision to send approximately 17,000 additional U.S. military forces to Afghanistan… Support for the proposed influx of troops to Afghanistan, however, comes as ...
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