somalia

Just when I thought that the Middle couldn't get any nuttier...

The latest raid on the shipping lanes off of the Horn of Africa lands a supertanker that can haul about 2 million barrels of oil. (That's quite a bit.) http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-piracy19-2008nov19,0,5645455.story Perhaps, but let's look at the profit motive: is this...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4495408.html "WASHINGTON — The United States launched an airstrike in Somalia against suspected terrorist targets — the second such attack this month, defense officials said Wednesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because...