Category: Somalia
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 16, 2010 in 9/11, Abuse, Current Affairs, Death Threats, Foreign Affairs, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Islam, Misogyny, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Law, Somalia, Torture, Women and Children | View Comments
In the recent special on an “honor killing” in Texas, an activist, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, spoke out about the treatment of women in Islam. Hirsi Ali knows a lot about how women are treated having grown up in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya. She has survived the genital mutilation that was (is) common in her [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 18, 2009 in Al Qaeda, John Batchelor, Larry Johnson, Piracy, Somalia, Terrorism | View Comments
SUNDAY PROGRAM CONCLUDED . BUMPED DOWN Editor’s Note: DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show at 10:30 p.m. ET, via KFI 640 AM. Check out the full slate of guests and topics tonight. John Batchelor’s KFI show begins at 7:00 p.m., so tune in early. Here are the topics and fellow guests during [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 14, 2009 in Open Thread, Piracy, Somalia | View Comments
Embedded video from CNN Video Below, you’ll see a fascinating description of the immense expanse of water — I heard that the coast of Somalia is as large as the entire U.S. Eastern coastline (!), and this video is even more descriptive:
By SusanUnPC on Apr 13, 2009 in Commander in Chief, Larry Johnson, National Security, Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia | View Comments
(bumped up from afternoon) For today’s A.P. story, “Obama draws praise, but piracy escalation feared,” Larry Johnson was telephoned and interviewed extensively by London-based A.P. reporter Gregory Katz: [...] Some military strategists believe it may ultimately be necessary to attack the pirates’ base in Somalia, much as the British used to do two centuries ago. [...]
By John Batchelor on Apr 12, 2009 in John Batchelor, Piracy, Somalia | View Comments
Editor’s Note: DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show at 10:30 p.m. ET, via KFI 640 AM. Today’s events will be discussed! (Details.) Early Reports of a Navy Fight and a Rescue. In war, the first three reports are wrong, so it is necessary to assume that the reports from the hostage negotiation [...]
By John Batchelor on Apr 11, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia | View Comments
Pirates Hold At Least 200 Captives. The International Maritime Bureau reports on piracy worldwide and now updates daily (weekly is no longer enough) to track the threats along the Somalia and Tanzania coast. The high stakes Obama administration drama with the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips is just a small piece of the gigantic [...]
By Larry Johnson on Apr 11, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Current Affairs, Persian Gulf, Piracy, Somalia | View Comments
(bumped up from Friday early evening) Boy, there is a garbage truck load of nonsense being bandied about on the blogs and media about what can and should be done to respond to the piracy against the U.S. flagged ship in the Indian Ocean. So permit me to try to clear up some of the [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 10, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Piracy, Somalia, Terrorism | View Comments
I hope you caught Larry Johnson’s must-read, “Piracy–Hollywood versus Reality (Updated),” as well as John Batchelor’s two fascinating reports today, “Pirate Hostage Killed” and “Pirates ‘Around the Clock’.” Here’s the latest — the Maersk Alabama is heading to port, enroute to Mombasa, Kenya. CNN’s Stan Grant reports: Embedded video from CNN Video [UPDATE: I found [...]
By John Batchelor on Apr 10, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Foreign Policy, Gen. David Petraeus, Pentagon, Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia, United Nations | View Comments
Blackhawk Down In Deep Water. Suddenly the Obama administration has a foreign policy problem that does not permit simple blame-shifting to the previous presidency, and the problem has the face of the worthy Maersk Alabama’s Captain Richard Phillips. Joe Biden knows this is alarming and ignored his smug aide to comment that DNI Blair [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 9, 2009 in Piracy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Somalia | View Comments
UPDATES: (SEE the latest Fox Video below on “Navy security team” aboard the U.S. vessel.) Also: Megyn Kelly calls Capt. Richard Phillips the “Sully of the Oceans.” (“Sully” is the pilot who landed a US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River without loss of life. Kelly co-anchors Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom.”) Today: “Pirates still hold [...]
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