Tidbits and Morsels (2)
December 25th, 2008
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Tags: "Failed States", As-Shabab (Youth), Dr. Manmohan Singh, India, Kashmir Conflict, Mogadishu, Mumbai, Pakistan, Pirates, Robert Mugabe, Russia, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Somalia, Terrorism, Vladimir Putin, Zimbabwe
The post-9/11 era popularized the phrases “weak states,” “failing states” and “failed states.” Those were places where terrorist organizations evolved and eventually took over the country. Somalia emerged as the archetype (if that is the right adjective) failed state. Even if the world wanted to forget Somalia, it could not, when that country became a [...]