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End Of Profiling: Letter To Sam Harris

Michael Mungai | Posted 05.01.2012

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It is utterly insensitive that while the U.S. is dealing with the extremities of such a barbaric practice that's suspected to have ended young Trayvon Martin's life, a respected public intellectual like yourself would advocate its practice on others.

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How Somalia's Famine Aid Went Astray

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.17.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A large amount of food sent by the U.N. to the Somali capital during last year's famine never reached the starving people i...

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Clinton Threatens Somalia Sanctions

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

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By Adrian Croft and Arshad Mohammed LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sancti...

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Somalia: Warring Parties Put Children At Grave Risk

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.21.2012

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Since Somalia's conflict intensified in 2010 and 2011, al-Shabaab has increasingly forced children, some as young as 10, to join its dwindling ranks.

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Al Shabaab Militants Detonate Truck Bomb At Ethiopian Base

AP | By ABDI GULED | Posted 03.25.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A truck bomb targeted an Ethiopian military base inside Somalia on Tuesday, and Islamist militants claimed responsibility for th...

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Al Shabaab's American Recruits

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO, AMY FORLITI and JULIE WATSON | Posted 03.15.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The October al-Qaida video shows a light-skinned man handing out food to families displaced by famine in Somalia. But the maske...

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No Refuge for Somali Refugees

Sarah Kenyon Lischer | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Terrorists, Refugees, Famine, Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Horn of Africa, World News

The reality now is that civil wars do not remain quarantined within national borders. And that forced migration is not an accidental byproduct of war. Many combatants use the forced movement of people as an intentional war strategy.

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Al Shabaab Member Pleads Guilty In Kenya Attacks

AP | By TOM ODULA | Posted 12.26.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Kenyan suspect arrested after two grenade blasts this week said in court on Wednesday that he took part in one of the attacks and ...

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France To Supply Kenyans Fighting Al Shabaab

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 12.24.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — France said Monday it would ferry supplies to Kenyan troops fighting an Islamist militia in Somalia while police investigated w...

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Grenade Attack In Kenyan Pub Wounds Dozen

AP | TOM ODULA and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 12.24.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Grenade blasts at a blue-collar bar and a crowded bus stop rattled Nairobi on Monday, as the country worried whether al-Qaida-l...

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Why Kenya Should Not Have Gone Into Somalia

Michael Mungai | Posted 12.20.2011

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Kenya has waged a war that it can't afford.

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Is Nigeria Ready For al Qaeda?

Robert Barrett, PhD | Posted 11.06.2011

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Boko Haram, Nigeria's most notorious outlaw extremist group, shows that al Qaeda's message is capable of leaping across stretches of geography, to target and propagate in locales in which both hardship and anti-Western sentiments collide.

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Somalia Famine: Aid Groups Say U.S. Anti-Terror Laws Are Still Holding Them Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.18.2011

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Aid workers struggling to combat the massive famine in Somalia say that complex American counter-terrorism rules are still impeding the delivery of ai...

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Somalia, Dark Clouds and Silver-lining

Abukar Arman | Posted 10.16.2011

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The current human catastrophe only highlights the importance of supporting the resuscitation process of the dying Somali state.

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Al-Shabaab and Somalia's Famine

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 10.10.2011

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We need to learn from this crisis that there are many factors that contributed to it. One is conflict. And conflict resolution should be essential.

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Why Western Aid Won't Save Somalia

Sarah Kenyon Lischer | Posted 10.09.2011

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The famine in East Africa must be viewed within the messy political context of regional politics in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Aid organizations and their recipients deserve physical protection rather than rhetorical support.

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Somalia Famine: Confusion Reigns Over New U.S. Policy For NGO Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.08.2011

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The Obama administration is facing more hurdles in its efforts to expedite aid to Somalia, as humanitarian workers remain confused about a week-old U....

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Famine Boosts Recruitment For Somali Militants: UN

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 10.05.2011

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GENEVA — Islamic militants in Somalia who deny there's famine and block most aid are enjoying a boon in recruitment by giving people money at a ...

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Al Qaeda Group Reportedly Recruited Dozens Of Americans

Reuters | Jeremy Pelofsky | Posted 09.26.2011

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An al Qaeda-affiliated group in Somalia, al Shabaab, has recruited more than 40 Muslim Americans to its battle in the war-ravaged country and at least...

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U.S. Struggles To Delivery Aid To Al-Shabaab-Controlled Areas of Somalia

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.20.2011

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WASHINGTON – International organizations working to mitigate the devastating famine conditions in Somalia are actively looking for alternative solut...

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Somalia, US, and the Dual-Track Letdown

Abukar Arman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new Dual-Track approach is based on engaging diplomatically and economically any and all Somali political actors -- armed or unarmed -- as long as those entities are not supporting the extremist group al-Shabaab.

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The Biggest Argument Against Staying in Afghanistan: Somalia

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Terrorists don't just train in Afghanistan. They train in other places, places where we have no troops, and where we have no plans to send any. The message is clear: Terrorism moves.

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9/11/10 -- Unfinished Business Take #9

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

It's 9/11 again... do you know where Osama Bin Laden is? Nine years later Al Qaeda is still plotting attacks in the name of a global jihad. The mission against Al Qaeda is being drowned out, and that strengthens our enemies. Americans deserve better.

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Re-channeling the Energy of Homegrown Terrorists

Neetu Mahil | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the world was glued to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, an American teen named Zachary Adam Chesser was busy trying to join Al-Shabaab, a Somali...

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How Not to Address the Uganda Bombings

Maria Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington, which strongly condemned the Kampala bombings, should push for consistent accountability in East African countries so that the threat of terrorism is not manipulated to entrench authoritarian rule.

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