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Why have we not invaded Somalia yet?
Its a breeding ground for Al Qaeda and could in future pose a danger to either our shipping or stretch further to infiltrate or attack the UK?
Al qaeda have probably now left Aghanistan and after fermenting trouble have either moved to Pakistan, Somalia or Yemen. We are now fighting lost shadows in Afghanistan or is our reason for being there changed once again?
Al qaeda have probably now left Aghanistan and after fermenting trouble have either moved to Pakistan, Somalia or Yemen. We are now fighting lost shadows in Afghanistan or is our reason for being there changed once again?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Actually Somalia is not that big a problem in the grand scheme of things anyway. What with us and the Americans killing Muslims every day in Afghanistan, just about every Islamic country has training facilities for jihadists to fight the evil west.
Only yesterday it emerged on Wikileaks that Pakistan has been supplying the Taliban with weapons and training to kill American and British soldiers – and Pakistan are supposed to be our allies!
Our politicians never refer to the ongoing war in Afghanistan as a religious war. But that is precisely how the Taliban see it and how many millions of Muslims all over the world (including this country) see it too.
Only yesterday it emerged on Wikileaks that Pakistan has been supplying the Taliban with weapons and training to kill American and British soldiers – and Pakistan are supposed to be our allies!
Our politicians never refer to the ongoing war in Afghanistan as a religious war. But that is precisely how the Taliban see it and how many millions of Muslims all over the world (including this country) see it too.
It must be a real shame for conspiracy theorists that there's no oil in Afghanistan.
They end up having to rely on contorted arguments about supposed oil pipelines and minerals.
The reason that nobody's invaded Somalia is
a) Iraq and Afghanistan are already so expensive
b) No public appetite for it - political suicide
But Somalia is a major problem and Yemen is getting that way
They end up having to rely on contorted arguments about supposed oil pipelines and minerals.
The reason that nobody's invaded Somalia is
a) Iraq and Afghanistan are already so expensive
b) No public appetite for it - political suicide
But Somalia is a major problem and Yemen is getting that way
For those with such short memories, we have already been there, done that, and had to ru away.
http://en.m.wikipedia...e_of_Mogadishu_(1993)
anyway, it is good to learn of Rov that there are no al Qaeda left in Afghanistan. But those goat shepherds seem to be putti g up one he'll of fight though.
http://en.m.wikipedia...e_of_Mogadishu_(1993)
anyway, it is good to learn of Rov that there are no al Qaeda left in Afghanistan. But those goat shepherds seem to be putti g up one he'll of fight though.
Remember the US Cole which was attacked some years ago and 16 US sailors killed from terrorists operating from the Yemen. Its not the hijacking of ships from Somalia thats the real problem but Al Qaeda operting from a country thats ungovernable and which they take over. Just look at the Geography of the region. Yemen is a short distance across the Red Sea from Somalia. Between thiese countries the majority of the world's shipping has to pass most notably to the Gulf from the Suez Canal.
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