Posted on 05/05/2008 2:20:20 PM PDT by lainie
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Troops fired into tens of thousands of rioting Somalis on Monday, killing two people in the latest eruption of violence over soaring food prices around the world.
Wielding thick sticks and hurling stones that smashed the windshields of several cars and buses, the rioters jammed the narrow streets of the Somali capital, screaming, "Down with those suffocating us!"
In Mogadishu, protesters including women and children marched against the refusal of traders to accept old 1,000-shilling notes, blaming them and a growing number of counterfeiters for rising food costs.
Within an hour, a reporter for The Associated Press watched their ranks swell to tens of thousands, and the riot spread to all 13 districts of the capital. Some threw rocks at shops and chaos erupted at the capital's main Bakara market.
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could someone please explain to me how it would be possible for somalia to be any more of a crap hole than it is
They fired upon tens of thousands and only killed two? Not that I want to see more killed, but how does that happen?
Easy. Compare it to Haiti.
haiti..another place that NO amount of money or assistance will ever change.
That was my first thought, too, but I’ve seen reports with higher numbers. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what the reports end up saying.
Interesting way to deal with hungry folks marching for food,
Shoot their sorry butts. Then they won’t be as worried about their hunger.
more pix
You don't want to vacation here??
I think it has a bit more to do with one of the world's largest food producers taking one of its most abundant crops and using it to produce fuel. Is this what the Nobel committee considers "peace?"
Bubba said it was fine when he left office.
to 2
Obama could be their President
oh thats right. didn’t hillary have operational control over the haiti mission ?
Diverting food and feed into fuel production rather than drilling for more oil is a swell idea.
Don’t believe it? Ask any liberal...
Yeah. Too bad for them that they’re unable to shoot back, no?
Well, they ain't gettin' nun of our rice.
I know a twisted joke about a grain of rice and a Somalian that requires hand gestures but I won't explain it. I'd get in trouble.
I wonder if my post will get deleted
[give them a minute. they’re trying to come up with an answer to your question.]
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