Whatever happened to United Somalia! The series continues. (long article)

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• Subject: Whatever happened to United Somalia! The series continues. (long article)
• From: ysa@allwise.mh.att.com (Yussuf S. Ali)
• Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:45:26 -0800

Article: soc.culture.somalia.3751
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 The following article was reprinted with the Author's permission.
 I welcome all your comments. 
 Yussuf
 Amina H. Adan
 The current political turmoil in Somalia has stunned foreign
 governments, disappointed experts on Somali affairs and seems
 incomprehensible to non-Somalis.
 Most non-Somalis regard Somalia as a state consisting of a
 homogeneous people who speak the same language, adhere to the
 same religion (Islam) and culture.
 Indeed, to some extent this is all true.
 Yet, when the tyrannical regime of Siyad Barre was driven out
 of power by militias of the SNM (Somali National Movement) and
 USC (United Somali Congress), the country broke up into
 Somaliland (northern Somalia) and Somalia (southern Somalia).
 Moveover, southern Somalia descended into anarchy perpetuated
 by internecine clan wars, resulting in the deaths of tens of
 thousands of civilians.
 The carnage in southern Somalia, together with the starvation
 in the Mogadishu-Baydhabo (Baidoa)-Kismayo triangle shown nightly

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