Summary
President George W. Bush has been "briefed," as they say, about the extraordinary spate of Somali piracy that culminated last month in the seizure of the Sirius Star. Incredibly, this Saudi supertanker loaded with crude oil destined for the United States joins a commandeered fleet of about a dozen ships and 200 crew being held by Somali pirates who, according to Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor, might well have links to jihadists.
I'm wondering whether President Bush, at any point in his briefing, ever thought to ask his experts: "What is up with Somalia?"See the full content of this document
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Somalia's Woes Now Are Ours
I say this given the disjointed but unmistakable prominence of Somalis in recent news. Or, rather, in what would have been recent news, maybe, if the media weren't preoccupied with more weighty stories such as which Washington private school the Ob...
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