Navy Seals rescue an American and foreign aid worker

Navy Seals rescue an American and foreign aid worker from Somali pirates. Such missions are risky and come at a price, yet the USA will always protect citizens no matter the circumstances. This is a case in point....

Navy SEAL Team 6 Strikes Again: Somalia Hostage Rescue

2 Hostages Rescued by Navy SEAL Team 6 in Somalia Navy SEALs rescued two relief workers in northern Somalia when they were kidnapped in October 2011. At 2am local time on January 25, they were rescued in a secret...

Would Somalia like to “rent a drone?”

Rent a drone When you get an enemy concentrates as reported here, they make a nice target. If we still have a military relationship with the government and since Al Qaeda remains our enemy everywhere, a request for...

The miracle of life in Minhaj Gedi Farah

Many of the miracles come through word, others come through actions "divine", others are not and never get to meet others come from the hand of man as humanitarian aid oddly enough these days to live.And this time the miracle has occurred in a refugee camp in Dabaad, the...

Armed guards to protect British ships from pirates

A legal ban on weapon-toting protection staff will be relaxed so that firms can apply for a licence to have them on board in danger zones. The Prime Minister David Cameron said radical action was required...

Bin Laden’s Jeddah Kingdom Tower View of Starving Somalia

by Karen Fish  If you mow your lawn and cut off the tops of the weeds the weeds will always come back. Unless you get down on your hands and knees with your $2 weeder and pull out the roots of the weeds the...

Murdoch Scandal: Somalia Famine Cartoon Fans Phone Hacking Flames

The Times Somalia Cartoon: Rupert Murdoch's Paper Enrages the Public The Times ran a political cartoon depicting starving children in Somalia. One of the kids, with a bloated belly, says, "I've had a belly full of ...

Maritime Piracy

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"In the second half of 2008, pirates based in Somalia have hijacked dozens seafaring vessels: yachts, fishing boats, small freighters, cruise ships (the Nautica), military cargo (the freighter Faina), a chemical...

Somalia Suicide Bomb: Interior Minister Killed 'by His Niece'

Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan Killed by Female Suicide Bomber A suicide bomb in Mogadishu killed Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, the Somali Minister Minister of Interior and National Security. The attack, committed by a female suicide bomber, took place in Abdi...

Somali Pirates Hijack: Why Does This Keep on Happening?

" On Feb. 24, the Danish Naval Command received a distress signal from a vessel in the Indian Ocean. Not long thereafter, Danish officials confirmed that the yacht of a Danish family had been hijacked by Somali pirates. The crew of seven, including three teenagers, their...

Tragedy strikes as Somalian pirates kill 4 Americans

Sad and tragic yes, and also avoidable. You can’t prevent people from using bad judgment. The US government warned Americans about the dangers of sailing and traveling in the Somalia region. Americans ignored...

Americans on hijacked yacht killed by their captors

"Four hostages on board a yacht hijacked by pirates last week were killed by their captors, U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday. The vessel, named the Quest, was being shadowed by the military...

Ugly Americans still captive by Somali Pirates

“The Adams have been sailing the world with a yacht full of Bibles since 2004.”They must believe they are on a noble purpose voyage and from their vantage they cannot see the arrogance or the foolishness. Sail...

Time for free nations to shut their doors

Perhaps it is time for free nations to open doors only to other free nations and to close their doors to terrorism, places that are the sources of terror.An international standard for civility is needed to gate the...

Somalis held in Rotterdam on suspicion of terror links

"Twelve Somalis have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The men were arrested in the port city of Rotterdam, and were thought to be planning an attack within the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said. In a statement,...

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