August 2, 2011

Somalis Starve as Shabab Militants Bar Escape From Famine - NYTimes.com

A horrendous tragedy spawned by drought and famine that is made so much worse by radical Islamists. These violent, ignorant, evil people will cause the death of many thousands that could otherwise be helped by foreign assistance.


"MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory."

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