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2008-12-18 Africa Horn

UN authorizes pursuit of Somali pirates on land

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 There is zero chance of a UN 'peace keeping' force for Somalia. What this appears to be is cover for commando style raids to free ships. The number of countries that have the capacity, and the political will to ignore the collateral fluffy duck (especially islamic fluffy ducks) damage is pretty short. Off-hand I come up with India. Not sure China and Russia have the capacity.

Posted by phil_b 2008-12-18 01:19|| 2008-12-18 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The United States said for the first time that the United Nations should deploy a peacekeeping force to war-torn Somalia and that Washington would push for a Security Council resolution by the end of the year to authorize one.

In case nobody remembers their history, that's been tried. Didn't work out too well.
Of course, if they wanna blow Eyl off the map as a message to the local swashbucklers, I can't think of too many folks that would have a problem with that.

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-18 10:40|| 2008-12-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

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