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January 09, 2007

Somalia bombing - more than meets the eye (and meets the media)

I just had the good fortune to be able to ask Ethan Zuckerman about the Somalia air strikes and got an amazing 15-minute controlled rant. Wish I'd taken notes. Anyway, despite the way it's being reported, this is not a simple in-and-out revenge strike on bad guys. It is a move in a complex political struggle over the future of that area of the world. (Yes, I am naive enough to have thought otherwise.) For more, begin by searching on Ethan's site for the category "africa," and see this article and this one. [Tags: africa ethiopia somalia terrorism ethan_zuckerman]

Posted by D. Weinberger at January 9, 2007 01:16 PM

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Thanks! This is a new one for me and a wonderful perspective on the Horn of Africa (among other, unfilterable things).

Posted by: Charlie Green | January 9, 2007 10:56 PM

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