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• in Politics
  Al-Qaeda Second in Command “Dead”
  Al Qaeda’s #2 – Atiyah Abd al-Rahman – has been killed in a drone attack.
  by eklemens / on Aug 27, 2011
• in Politics
  Why Are We Fighting the Wrong Wars All the Time?
  Why are we fighting the wrong wars all the time?
  by parkypundit / on Feb 22, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “somalia”

 

• Reconstruction in Mogadishu Somalia: #urbanplanning, #mogadishu, #somalia, #design4dev

  
  International Development Consultant Mitchell Sipus — Authority: 97
  Urban Planning and Reconstruction in Mogadishu For the last 7 years I have labored to understand as much as possible about the city of Mogadishu and to determine viable strategies for reconstruction when the opportunity is presented.  I now have the opportunity to implement these concepts and look forward to ...
  17 hours ago

• Somalia / Shabelle Media Network director gunned down outside home in Mogadishu

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 133
    Somalia / Shabelle Media Network director gunned down outside home in Mogadishu   PARIS, France, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Shabelle Media Network director Hassan Osman Abdi, better known locally as “Hassan Fantastic,” was gunned down outside his Mogadishu home at 6:30 p.m. ...
  17 hours ago

• 2011: Ahmed Ali Hussein, enemy cleric

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 111
  On this date last year, the Islamist Somali al-Shabaab publicly shot a man named Ahmed Ali Hussein in Mogadishu. The 44-year-old, reportedly an ecclesiastic member of the rival al-Ictisam sect, was allegedly induced to confess that he’d been working with American intelligence. He was chained up and riddled ...
  17 hours ago

• News Analysis: Seized Pirates in Legal Limbo, With No Formula for Trials

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 449
  Hijackings have declined sharply in the past year, but where interdiction ends, a problem begins: what to do with the detained pirates?
  2 days ago

• More Journalists Killed in Pakistan than Anywhere Else in the World

  
  culture-ist — Authority: 107
  Photo: X Index For the second year in a row, Pakistan proved to be the deadliest country for journalists, claiming 11 lives in 2011 alone. The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that seven of the 11 deaths were targeted attacks directly related to the profession. Al Jazeera points out that “in each of ...
  3 days ago

• Kenya BBQs al-Shabaab’s charcoal business

  
  Money Jihad — Authority: 109
  The West owes a hearty thanks to Kenya and its military for taking on the forces of al-Shabaab in East Africa.  In a year-end press conference, a Kenya Defense Force spokesman indicated that their war is successfully disrupting al-Shabaab from shipping charcoal—a market that Al-Shabaab has consistently exploited to ...
  3 days ago

• East Africa Is the New Epicenter of America’s Shadow War

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
  wired.com/dangerroom/Spencer Ackerman/26 Jan 2012 When Adm. Eric Olson, the former leader of U.S. Special Operations Command, wanted to explain where his forces were going, he would show audiences a photo that NASA took, titled “ The World at Night .” The lit areas showed the governed, stable, orderly parts ...
  4 days ago

• Special-ops hostage rescue in Somalia shows shape of US campaign to come – Washington Post

  
  Blogburger — Authority: 138
  ABC News Special-ops hostage rescue in Somalia shows shape of US campaign to come Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administrations pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out ...
  4 days ago

• US commando team that killed Bin Laden swoop on Somali pirates

  
  THE HOT JOINTS — Authority: 116
  This article titled “US commando team that killed Bin Laden swoop on Somali pirates” was written by Karen McVeigh in New York, for The Guardian on Wednesday 25th January 2012 19.39 UTC The special forces commandos who swept into Somalia under cover of darkness to rescue two hostages, an American woman and a ...
  4 days ago

• Navy SEALs rescue aid workers in Somalia…

  
  filtre — Authority: 132
  US Navy SEALs swooped into Somalia early yesterday andrescued two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, after a shootoutwith Somali gunmen who had been holding them captive in a sweltering deserthide-out for months. Under a cloak of darkness, a couple of dozen SEALsparachuted in, stormed the hide-out, ...
  4 days ago

• MSF closes largest medical centres in Somali capital…

  
  filtre — Authority: 132
  Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has shut down two majormedical centres in the Somali capital Mogadishu after two of its aid workerswere shot dead by a former colleague last month, the international medical aidagency said Thursday. In late December, an Indonesian doctor and a Belgianemergency coordinator were ...
  4 days ago

• US Navy SEALS rescue 2 aid workers held hostage in Somalia

  
  Philippine News Daily — Authority: 123
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several months after taking out Osama bin Laden, the special forces of America, US Navy SEALS are once again bestowed with special designation following a daring, yet thriving rescue of two abducted aid workers in Somalia. These two aid workers are reportedly held hostage for three months. The ...
  4 days ago

• AU High Representative H.E. Rawlings mediates on the Somali parliament crises.

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 133
      AU High Representative H.E. Rawlings mediates on the Somali parliament crises.   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union High Representative for Somalia H.E. Jerry John Rawlings paid a one day visit to Mogadishu where he held meetings with ...
  4 days ago

• UK Parliamentarians Table a Motion on Safety of Journalists in Somalia

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 133
    UK Parliamentarians Table a Motion on Safety of Journalists in Somalia   MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes the decision of United Kingdom Parliamentarians to formally table a motion on safety of journalists ...
  4 days ago

• President Authorizes Successful Somali Hostage Rescue Mission

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 123
  This successful hostage rescue, undertaken in a hostile environment, is a testament to the superb skills of courageous service members who risked their lives to save others.  I applaud their efforts, and I am pleased that Ms. Buchanan and Mr. Thisted were not harmed during the operation.  This mission demonstrates ...
  5 days ago

• Navy SEALs’ daring night-time raid into Somalia frees American hostage Jessica Buchanan

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk Navy SEALs’ daring night-time raid into Somalia frees American hostage Jessica Buchanan U.S. helicopters swooped into central Somalia early this morning and rescued two hostages from pirates in a rare raid into the Horn of Africa nation. American Jessica Buchanan (pictured) ...
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• U.S. Raid Frees 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.nytimes.com/ U.S. Raid Frees 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months. published date:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:03:56 GMT
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• U.S. Raid Frees 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months.
  5 days ago

• US forces free aid workers held in Somalia

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 503
  US special forces swooped into Somalia early Wednesday to rescue two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man held hostage for the past three months, security officials said Wednesday. US Navy SEALs aboard at least six military helicopters flew in low over central Somalia to surprise the kidnappers in a ...
  5 days ago

• US special forces free pirate hostages in night-time helicopter raid into Somalia

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk US special forces free pirate hostages in night-time helicopter raid into Somalia US Navy SEALs staged an overnight helicopter raid deep into Somalia’s pirate heartlands to rescue two aid workers from America and Denmark held there for three months. published date:Wed, 25 ...
  5 days ago

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