Food riots, anti-U.S. protests erupt in Somalia

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | May 7, 2008 | Jonathan Adams

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Food riots and anti-US protests in Somalia are compounding the chaos in the long-suffering war zone in the Horn of Africa.

Meanwhile, an Amnesty International Report released Tuesday alleged that Islamist militants, as well as US-backed Ethiopian and Somali government troops, are committing widespread atrocities against civilians in the capital, Mogadishu. And a recent US strike against what it says was an Al Qaeda leader in Somalia has sparked further protests.

The Associated Press reports that Tuesday saw a second day of protests over rising food prices, with hundreds of youths burning tires, throwing stones, and blocking roads.

Somalia is just the latest country to see riots over rising food prices, after others including Haiti, Egypt, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso. The Financial Times has a map of the civil unrest sparked by the food crisis here.

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Never forget Black Hawk Down.

I especially loved this part...

One protest organizer told the Agence France-Presse that since the attack, residents had been vomiting. "We believe the Americans used poisonous bombs," said Abdirasak Moalim Ahmed.

[whitedog57]

What ever you do, don’t blame Somalian political leaders (code: Islamic fanatics and warlords) or the sick and twisted Gulf Sheiks and Mullahs who could help, but never do.

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Exactly! If a despot gets an ingrown toenail on the other side of the planet - it's the US fault.

My give a damn is broke when it comes to that neck of the woods.

[philled]

Too bad, so sad!

[Robe]

It's a freaking desert.. move for cripes sakes

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Too bad, so sad!

My feelings exactly. Where are those pictures of them dragging our dead soldiers through the streets?

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It's a freaking desert.. move for cripes sakes

Yeah, but they'd all probably end up here.

[Londo Molari]

“It’s a freaking desert.. move for cripes sakes”

The answer is — have more babies!

[AppyPappy]

They can’t. Their leaders would kill them. Their own people starve them to death and they blame us. And our vomit bombs.

[Robe]

Vomit bombs.... Prob why they call ‘em “Skinnies”

[dead]

Yeah, but they'd all probably end up here.

They can't afford airfare and it's too far to walk.

It's a small world, but sometimes it's big enough.

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And our vomit bombs.

Have you ever heard of anything so utterly stupid before - vomit bombs?

[NTHockey]

Once again, it’s our fault. I say let them eat each other until there’s only one left - then kill him.

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They can't afford airfare and it's too far to walk.

I'm sure that's not an insurmountable problem with our bleedin' heart liberals.

It's a small world, but sometimes it's big enough.

Definitely.

[LearsFool]

...protests over rising food prices, with hundreds of youths burning tires, throwing stones, and blocking roads.

Yeah, that'll fill your bellies, huh?
/sarc

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Love it! :) Problem solved.

[river rat]

Not sad at all...

The truth of the matter is that our grandchildren will be safer if a whole lot of the bastards in that part of the world simply starved to death, killed one another or forced us to kill them..

I’m no longer a “compassionate conservative”....
I’m a survivor, and I desire that my grandchildren survive.

The Militant Islamists have convinced me that it will require their death or their conversion to meet my desires.

Given the facts of the past 700 years - their conversion is unlikely......thus requiring less desirable steps.

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Yeah, that'll fill your bellies, huh?

Let 'em eat mud pies, grass soup or sand gravy for all I care.

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Yeah, that'll fill your bellies, huh?

Let 'em eat mud pies, grass soup or sand gravy for all I care.

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Sorry, hiccup.