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Food riots, anti-U.S. protests erupt in Somalia
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| May 7, 2008
| Jonathan Adams
Posted on 05/07/2008 7:59:37 AM PDT by processing please hold
Food riots and anti-US protests in Somalia are compounding the chaos in the long-suffering war zone in the Horn of Africa.
Meanwhile, an Amnesty International Report released Tuesday alleged that Islamist militants, as well as US-backed Ethiopian and Somali government troops, are committing widespread atrocities against civilians in the capital, Mogadishu. And a recent US strike against what it says was an Al Qaeda leader in Somalia has sparked further protests.
The Associated Press reports that Tuesday saw a second day of protests over rising food prices, with hundreds of youths burning tires, throwing stones, and blocking roads.
Somalia is just the latest country to see riots over rising food prices, after others including Haiti, Egypt, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso. The Financial Times has a map of the civil unrest sparked by the food crisis here.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackhawkdown; blameamericafirst; islam; mogadishu; religionofpeace; rop; skinnies; somalia
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Never forget Black Hawk Down.
I especially loved this part...
One protest organizer told the Agence France-Presse that since the attack, residents had been vomiting. "We believe the Americans used poisonous bombs," said Abdirasak Moalim Ahmed.
To: processing please hold
What ever you do, don’t blame Somalian political leaders (code: Islamic fanatics and warlords) or the sick and twisted Gulf Sheiks and Mullahs who could help, but never do.
To: whitedog57
Exactly! If a despot gets an ingrown toenail on the other side of the planet - it's the US fault.
My give a damn is broke when it comes to that neck of the woods.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:05:27 AM PDT
by
processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: processing please hold
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:12:11 AM PDT
by
philled
(Rest in Peace, Sgt Merlin German. www.merlinsmiracles.com)
To: processing please hold
It's a freaking desert.. move for cripes sakes
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:19:44 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: philled
Too bad, so sad!My feelings exactly. Where are those pictures of them dragging our dead soldiers through the streets?
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:20:36 AM PDT
by
processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: Robe
It's a freaking desert.. move for cripes sakesYeah, but they'd all probably end up here.
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05/07/2008 8:22:12 AM PDT
by
processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: Robe
“It’s a freaking desert.. move for cripes sakes”
The answer is — have more babies!
To: Robe
They can’t. Their leaders would kill them. Their own people starve them to death and they blame us. And our vomit bombs.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:24:17 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
Vomit bombs.... Prob why they call ‘em “Skinnies”
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:25:59 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: processing please hold
Yeah, but they'd all probably end up here. They can't afford airfare and it's too far to walk.
It's a small world, but sometimes it's big enough.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:29:53 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: AppyPappy
And our vomit bombs.Have you ever heard of anything so utterly stupid before - vomit bombs?
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:31:14 AM PDT
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processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: processing please hold
Once again, it’s our fault. I say let them eat each other until there’s only one left - then kill him.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:33:33 AM PDT
by
NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1 - Take no prisoners))
To: dead
They can't afford airfare and it's too far to walk.I'm sure that's not an insurmountable problem with our bleedin' heart liberals.
It's a small world, but sometimes it's big enough.
Definitely.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:34:17 AM PDT
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processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: processing please hold
...protests over rising food prices, with hundreds of youths burning tires, throwing stones, and blocking roads.
Yeah, that'll fill your bellies, huh?
/sarc
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05/07/2008 8:34:22 AM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: NTHockey
Love it! :) Problem solved.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:35:30 AM PDT
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processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: philled
Not sad at all...
The truth of the matter is that our grandchildren will be safer if a whole lot of the bastards in that part of the world simply starved to death, killed one another or forced us to kill them..
I’m no longer a “compassionate conservative”....
I’m a survivor, and I desire that my grandchildren survive.
The Militant Islamists have convinced me that it will require their death or their conversion to meet my desires.
Given the facts of the past 700 years - their conversion is unlikely......thus requiring less desirable steps.
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05/07/2008 8:36:14 AM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: LearsFool
Yeah, that'll fill your bellies, huh? Let 'em eat mud pies, grass soup or sand gravy for all I care.
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05/07/2008 8:39:09 AM PDT
by
processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: LearsFool
Yeah, that'll fill your bellies, huh? Let 'em eat mud pies, grass soup or sand gravy for all I care.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:40:31 AM PDT
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processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
To: processing please hold
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:41:41 AM PDT
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processing please hold
( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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