Somalia
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Pirates’ Strike a U.S. Ship Owned by a Pentagon Contractor, But Is the Media Telling the Whole Story? By Jeremy Scahill
The Somali pirates who took control of the 17,000-ton ‘Maersk Alabama’ cargo-ship in the early hours of Wednesday morning probably were unaware that the ship they were boarding belonged to a U.S. Department of Defense contractor with ‘top security clearance,’ which does a half-billion dollars in annual business with the Pentagon, primarily the Navy Continue reading
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Mike Whitney: Somalia: Another CIA-backed coup blows up
The United States has lost the ground war in Somalia, but that doesn’t mean its geopolitical objectives have changed one iota. The US intends to stay in the region for years to come and use its naval power to control the critical shipping lanes from the Gulf of Aden. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Somalia – Hidden Catastrophe Hidden Agenda
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media May 13, 2008 On May 1, the BBC website reported an attack on Somalia with the words: “Air raid kills Somali militants.†One might think the BBC’s headline would identify the agency responsible for the bombing, but the first few sentences also shed no… Continue reading
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