Opinion

Al-Qaeda has achieved superiority of strategic orientation

FEB 11, 2010

After occupation of Afghanistan by US led coalition forces in November 2001, some of the members of Al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan, Iran and Middle Eastern...

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The Last Hope for Somalia

FEB 08, 2010

There are certain things that we, Somalis, take for granted. I’m not speaking of food, shelter or the basic clothes that cover our otherwise bare sk...

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The untold story about pirates and trawlers

FEB 07, 2010

Whereas Somalis of good intention appreciate the concern and role played by international peace brokers in the horn of Africa and its environs, lit...

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Invisible Walls and their adverse effects on the Somali People

FEB 06, 2010

A few months ago, the world commemorated of the final fall of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany. The wall took a few decades to come ...

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What is going Puntland

FEB 06, 2010

The present situation in Puntland worries many Somalis as well as international community, the area has recently witnessed increase number of planned ...

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Kenya should thank God for its Somali ‘troubles’

FEB 04, 2010

Somalia and Somalis are all over the news and FM radio call-ins in Kenya. There is near-hysteria that Somalis — both Kenyan and non-Kenyan — are a...

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Racism still prevalent in St. Cloud

FEB 04, 2010

A packet of hateful and derogatory depictions of the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality was stapled to the telephone pole outside Deko Farah's St....

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Fractionalized, Armed and Lethal: Why Somalia Matters

FEB 04, 2010

February 03, 2010 — For the last few years, Somalia has held strong onto the top spot in both the Index of Failed States and the Fragile States Inde...

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Rayale’s Final Days in Power and his desperate attempts to hold on

FEB 01, 2010

African dictators use various tactics to consolidate their power. They use fear, bribes, arm-twisting, divide-and rule and a litany of other tools to ...

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The Jihadist Next Door

JAN 29, 2010

ON A WARM, cloudy day in the fall of 1999, the town of Daphne, Ala., stirred to life. The high-school band came pounding down Main Street, past the po...

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