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Old 09-08-2011, 07:54   #1
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Blowback in Somalia

Jeremy Scahill on the "mind-boggling constellation of allegiances and double-crosses" and the US-sponsored African Union force (AMISOM) that characterize Somalia today.

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Blowback in Somalia
Nation, 7 Sep 2011

http://www.thenation.com/article/163...owback-somalia
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Jeremy Scahill on the "mind-boggling constellation of allegiances and double-crosses" and the US-sponsored African Union force (AMISOM) that characterize Somalia today.

And so it goes...

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Blowback in Somalia
Nation, 7 Sep 2011

http://www.thenation.com/article/163...owback-somalia
As long as Somali militia (enter clan affiliation here) and Somali Muslims are killing each other I am a supporter...I will even donate money for recent US Somali Muslims to return to their fine country (sic) and join the fray. The least I can do.
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