This is a complex story, but I urge everyone who cares about the current massacre in Nairobi to follow the thread of this tale ....

Obama and his proclaimed ally Odinga


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(this started as a comment on a thread in sabotleurs' "Cold-Hearted Bear," at http://sabotlours.livejournal.com/546801.html?view=10152945#t10152945 in which nexrad argued in favor of launching a massive international aid program to Somalia to make it less of a ( Read more... )

richardthinks in http://richardthinks.livejournal.com/218226.html?view=531570#t531570 has unwittingly pointed out an obvious means of retaliation against the Somali pirates.

From "Somali sea pirates lure investors at pirate lair," (Mohammed Ahmed, Reuters Read more... )

If Obama thinks that he can just forget about the Somali pirates now and go back to sleep, he has another think coming:

Elizabeth A. Kennedy, in "Somali pirates on hijack spree since weekend," AP (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_re_af/piracy)

Somali ( Read more... )

As you all know, the world was improved recently by the forcible expulsion of three pirates into whatever next world awaits pirates (which is probably not a cheerful one). Courtesy of stryck and the McClatchy, we now learn that the pirates had whiny friends ( Read more... )

kcanathema reports from the International Herald-Tribunehttp://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/16/africa/17somalia.phpRead more... )