yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/28/2009
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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 kind of accommodation with the Islamists, ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/27/2009
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BAIDOA (Reuters) Hardline Islamist insurgents captured the central
town of Baidoa on Monday, an important stronghold of
Somalia's fragile government and seat of the national parliament, witnesses said. Just hours after Ethiopia withdrew its last ...
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Somali insurgents take Baidoa after Ethiopians leave - ...
voanews.com - 1/28/2009
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voanews.com —
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 ...
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UN Envoy Calls Attention to Somalia Humanitarian Crisis
worldfocus.org - 1/28/2009
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worldfocus.org —
Though news of piracy has dominated headlines worldwide,
ongoing fighting in Somalia — a result of a
power vacuum and conflict between warlords and insurgents — has displaced over 400,000 Somalis and left millions hungry. The United Nations estimates ...
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Pirates overshadow humanitarian crisis in Somalia
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Somalia, We Hardly Knew Ya
Obsidian Wings —
... by Eric Martin
Matt Yglesias and Rob Farleybeat me to the punch*, but it's still worth discussing recent developments in Somalia. Basically, the last of the Ethiopian troops (those left over from a December 2006 invasion that the US government actively supported) withdrew from Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) propped up by Ethiopia's forces quickly fell:
Hardline Islamist insurgents captured the central town of Baidoa on Monday, an important stronghold of Somalia's fragile government and seat of the ...
Somalia, We Hardly Knew Ya
Newshoggers.com —
... by Eric Martin
BJ (down below), Matt Yglesias and Rob Farley beat me to the punch, but it's still worth discussing certain aspects of the recent developments in Somalia. Basically, the last of the Ethiopian troops (those left over from a December 2006 invasion that the US government actively supported) withdrew from Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) propped up by Ethiopia's forces quickly fell:
Hardline Islamist insurgents captured the central town of Baidoa on Monday, an important stronghold of ...
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