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mypetjawa.mu.nu - 10/7/2009
Somali Pirate Ooooops
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Somali pirates mistake French military tanker for victim.PARIS — Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and...
Limbaugh suggests Obama would not have acted if he'd known that the Somali pirates were "actually young, black Muslim teenagers"
mediamatters.org - 10/15/2009
Limbaugh suggests Obama would not have acted if he'd known that the Somali pirates were ...
— mediamatters.org — Limbaugh suggests Obama would not have acted if he'd known that the Somali pirates were "actually young,... black Muslim teenagers" (more) Limbaugh suggests Obama would not have acted if he'd ...

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foxnews.com - 10/3/2009
FBI Director: Al Qaeda-Linked Somali Group Could Attack U.S. - Political News
— foxnews.com — They could strike the United States. That grim assessment is the first time the FBI director or... any other senior law enforcement or intelligence official has stated on the record that the Al Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab is no longer content to strike ... (more) FBI Director: Al Qaeda-Linked Somali Group Could Attack ...

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Somali minister aided Shabaab suicide attack
longwarjournal.org - 10/9/2009
Somali minister aided Shabaab suicide attack
— longwarjournal.org — Sheikh Yusuf Indha'adde. Somalia's State Minister for Defense Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad collaborated with Shabaab to conduct... a dual suicide attack against a high-level meeting in Mogadishu airport on September 17, a senior ... (more) Somali minister aided Shabaab suicide attack

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