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2004-02-13 Africa: Horn

Somali gunmen forcing farmers to grow pot

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-13 12:53:11 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

rights groups complained that human rights abuses in Somalia are getting worse

You want some human rights? Arm the people, not just the thugs, and things might change for the better.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-2-13 12:57:10 AM|| 2004-2-13 12:57:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This a dreadful piece of journalism. 13 human rights groups getting worked up about a few gangsters growing some MJ in the middle of various wars and armed conflicts with large scale slaughter. Also Somalia doesnt exist as a unitary state. So any statements about human rights in Somalia as a whole are meaningless.

Then I check the link and Suprise! Suprise! Its CNN!

Posted by phil_b 2004-2-13 3:11:28 AM|| 2004-2-13 3:11:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Good! Maybe it can calm down the natives!

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-13 9:44:33 AM|| 2004-2-13 9:44:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 most of which are now being used to grow the narcotic plant,

Dreadful journalism, indeed.

Posted by Raj 2004-2-13 12:30:37 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-2-13 12:30:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase "baked in the desert", don't it?

Posted by mojo 2004-2-13 2:07:58 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:07:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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