EST. 2009

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

-James Madison to W.T. Barry, 1822

"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm."

-James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dangerous Times in Somalia














Times are rough in Somalia, a country which UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has deemed too dangerous for any UN peacekeepers. An attack on African Union troops in Mogadishu on Monday left 2o dead, the New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the new Somali President, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, is seeking military aid to battle 'extremists'. This comes just as the BBC reports that Ethiopian troops may have reentered Somalia, after leaving the country two weeks ago as part of a peace deal.

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