Riz Khan - Somalia: Forgotten war? - 29 Apr 08 - Part 1

Norway has just hosted a meeting of the International Contact Group for Somalia to discuss the political process, security situation and desperate humanitarian conditions in the country which has endured 17 years of chaos and civil war. Jeffrey Gettleman, the East Africa bureau chief of The New York Times, and John Prendergast, the co-chair of the Enough Project which seeks sustainable solutions to on-going crises in Africa, join Riz Khan to discuss this volatile region of the Horn of Africa.

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[abdi5501boone]

i really need a short about 10 minutes video on history of somalia...! someone please tell me if you know where i can find any

[tolla3]

Meles Zenawi is a fagg

tjats coming from an ethiopian

[seanwasere]

The point is, the insurgents are somailis, and the soldiers are ethiopians

[annieabdi]

What !!!!! since when did the bible speak about Somalia .... maybe you are thinking of Abeysinah (Ethiopia)

[Nuur7695]

ethiopian troops are leaving somalia...haha..they first get defeated by the somalis by Ahmad Gurey, then they get defeated in 1977 until the ethiopians got help from the soviets and now they are defeated by the stupid alshabab...loool! somaliland should get its independence!

[knarwa]

Dude, its not a guerilla war, These "insurgents" now effectivly govern more territory than before the invasion. The government actually administers like what, 2% of the territory (not counting the north.) They're the guerrillas.

[EndemicGenes]

Somali ...is a shit hole will remain a shit hole eternally...it says so in the bible, the Qoran and Gautama Budha talked about it.....end of discussion.

[Nestaho]

part3

The situation in somaliya has already been taken care by the somali people and their revolutionary movement of islamic courts Union .

Viva freedom, Viva liberity for all mankind and to the entire ummah.

Union of islamic courts, in Hamar,Somalia.

[Nestaho]

part2.Melez today you have overstepped your boundry, we will not stop fighting before Somalia, Ogadenia,Haud,Harar,Oromia,Afa­r and all opressed people have been freed from your slavery. Remember you came to power in 1990 when you country had the biggest famine 1984. Today your country is again have famine and we predict that you regime will fall like Haile mariam. And just like Haile you are living in denaile and before you know the siuation will be out of your hand.

[Nestaho]

This is a message to the Melez regime from the youth of islamic courts , if you want to leave we gave you the oppurtunity, but know you have choicing to kill our civilians with american support.