Somalia
US-backed Kenyan forces invade Somalia
By Eddie Haywood, October 26, 2011
Kenya sent military forces into Somalia last week, vowing to fight al-Shabaab militants it blamed for a spate of abductions of foreign nationals.
US prepares for military intervention in Somalia
By Susan Garth, August 6, 2011
The Obama administration is preparing a new military intervention in Somalia under the pretext of humanitarian concern for starving drought victims.
US-backed forces launch military offensive in Somalia as aid is used as a weapon of war
By Susan Garth, July 30, 2011
The African Union is propping up the Transitional Federal Government that was installed in Somalia by the US-backed Ethiopian invasion of December 2006.
Obama administration operates illegal torture compound in Somalia
By Tom Carter, July 19, 2011
The Obama administration is operating an illegal secret CIA prison compound in Somalia into which targeted individuals are “rendered” without trial to be tortured.
Plan to deploy British mercenaries in Somalia
By Ann Talbot, December 1, 2010
British mercenaries are to be deployed in Somalia, according to the London-based Sunday Telegraph.
US backs plan to send more troops to Somalia
By Ann Talbot, August 2, 2010
The African Union Summit in Kampala agreed to send more troops to Somalia to support the Transitional Federal Government against the Islamist militia al-Shabaab.
Somalia: US backs puppet government’s planned military offensive
By Brian Smith, March 12, 2010
The United States’ military is working closely with its Somali counterparts in planning a major military offensive against Islamist militias, who control the bulk of the country, including almost all of the capital, Mogadishu.
Somalia: Troop surge in support of US-backed puppet government
By Brian Smith, February 25, 2010
The Washington-backed Transitional Federal Government of Somalia is reported to be preparing a major offensive against Islamist rebels who control the bulk of the country.
US assassination in Somalia
By Brian Smith, September 21, 2009
United States commandos from the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command launched a helicopter raid last week in Somalia, close to the border with Kenya, and killed a key Islamist suspect.
Somalia: Obama administration sends arms to prop up Islamist government
By Brian Smith, August 3, 2009
The Obama administration has been sending weapons to Somalia to support the Transitional Federal Government against a rebel insurgency that threatens to overwhelm the government.
Somalia: Conflict rages in Mogadishu
By Brian Smith, June 8, 2009
In the past few weeks, rebels from Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam have routed government forces in Mogadishu.
Why did France resort to violence off the coast of Somalia?
By Olivier Laurent, May 1, 2009
The use of force in April to recover five French hostages held off the Somali coastline, on the yacht, the Tanit, demonstrates the contempt of the Nicolas Sarkozy government for the lives of the French hostages and the Somali pirates, as well as for French and Somali public opinion.
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