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Ignoring Somalia?

Jefferson Morley — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:18:54 +0000

The most familiar complaint of aspiring policymamkers in Washington is full-throat lament that the world (or at least the handful of people who run it) are “ignoring” some key problem and its worthy victims.

WOS finds the feeling that Somalia is being ignored is common in the East Africa media.

But Sahel blog begs to differ:

The US conducts missile strikes there. Ethiopian forces intervene regularly. Kenya keeps a close eye on its neighbor. The AU has peacekeepers there. Eritrea supports rebel factions. And were it not for outside intervention – specifically the 2006 invasion by Ethiopia – Somalia might be in better shape today. Yes, the UN could send in 5,000 peacekeepers – but if 200,000 would be needed to establish real peace, then what would be the point of a smaller number?

Eyewitnesses

Jefferson Morley — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:21:15 +0000

Readers of Dawn.com in Pakistan report on two suicide attacks that killed 25 people yesterday.

What Obama must learn from the bomb plot

Jefferson Morley — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:01:15 +0000

His uneasy first encounter with a domestic terror spectacular.–Financial Times.

“..the US has not learned to live with terrorism, as it may one day have to. For now, the expectation of safety is unreasonably high. People believe that if the system is well designed and officials do their jobs, the enemy will not get through.”