Somalia, the Union of Islamic Courts, and al-Shabaab

[amrikisalaami]

Somalia has become a by-word for failed state. Since 1991, it has had no effective central government. Where once Mogadishu was called "the White Pearl on the Indian Ocean," the city is now a crumbling, bullet-ridden ruin. Where once tourism drove the Somali economy, today piracy is one of the few economic activities available. It is hard to

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