warisboring.com - 11/25/2008
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There were some alarmist headlines when Islamist fighters seized the strategic port of Merka in southern Somalia this month. “The threat the [Islamic Courts Union] posed in late 2006 has thus re-materialized: that Islamists will Talibanize Somalia and nurture a regional base for jihadism ...
online.wsj.com - 11/25/2008
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online.wsj.com —
It's a safe bet, dear reader, that the
title of this column has caused you to either...
(a) roll your eyes and wonder, What century do you think we're living in? or (b) scratch your head and ask, Yes, why don't we? Wherever you come down, the question ...
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Bret Stephens: Why Don't We Hang Pirates Anymore?
informationdissemination.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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informationdissemination.blogspot.com —
Two of my favorite writers, Robert Farley and
Thomas Barnett , have weighed in on Somali piracy,...
and while I agree with every point made by both, I disagree with both writers regarding how to manage the issue of Somali piracy. It isn't that I ...
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Are Pirates the Problem, or the Solution?
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Anbar and Eyl
Newshoggers.com —
... There is an alternative strategy that is similar to the locally successful Anbar Awakening. The Islamic Courts Union can take the place of the Anbari tribal networks. They have local legitimacy and has demonstrated the capacity to restore and maintain something that resembles order. Order and external connectiveness is the death knell of piracy and banditry. They have already indicated a beef with the pirates. That beef may be an attempt to pirate the pirates, or it could be a ...
Pirates Have a Friend in Virginia
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Interestingly, there is a current on the left that would welcome a return of Islamist rule in Somalia for the measure of stability it would bring -- even if that stability allowed the state to become a safe-haven for al Qaeda affiliated terrorists. There are others who think we should ...
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longwarjournal.org 1/31/2009 —
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Somali jihadists reaping benefits of piracy
jihadwatch.org 11/21/2008 — That by itself is nothing new , but the increasingly brazen attacks on increasingly high-value targets are. "Pirates 'working with Islamists'," by Martin Plaut for BBC News , November 19:
Somali pirates have been accused of forming what is ...
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 ...
Five suicide bombers strike in northern Somalia
longwarjournal.org 10/30/2008 — Northern Somalia was rocked today with five suicide attacks on multiple facilities, killing 28 and wounding scores. The attacks appear to be the handiwork of Shabaab, the al Qaeda backed Islamist terror group seeking to retake control of the country. ...
Suicide bombers target UN in Somalia
telegraph.co.uk 10/29/2008 — At least three suicide car bombers struck at key targets including a UN compound in northern Somalia killing 19 people.
Big bucks being spent in final Senate race —
CNN Political Ticker 11/25/2008
One of Georgia Democrat Jim Martin's ads bears a striking resemblance to an earlier ad by the Obama campaign.
(CNN) — It's been less than three weeks, but more than $4 million has already been spent on the airing of campaign commercials ...
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