In the early 90’s‚ the united states sent a large number of Army Rangers and Delta Force troops to Mogadishu‚ Somalia. The reason they sent these troops was to put down the militia of Muhammad Farah Aidid. Over 1000 Somalia militia died in the battle and only 19 American troops died. Black Hawk Down correctly portrayed the events that happened at the battle of Mogadishu. Throughout the movie‚ soldiers say that they should not be fighting another mans war. This idea was shared by many Americans
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18-4-2013 Ladies and Chantal mans I want to greet all of you the Muslims greeting asalamu alaykum warahmah after that my thesis title is money transfer industry and its impact on socio- economic development in puntland state of Somalia. THESIS PROBLEM STATEMENT 1- Is to determine important of remittance to puntland in their service. 2- To conduct a literature review of previous studies about the important of remittance in puntland . 3-
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May 2007 A Farewell to Arms By John Carlin For those on the ramparts of the world’s sole superpower‚ the digital winds are blowing an icy chill through the triumphant glow of the post-Cold War. People in Washington play lots of games‚ but none for higher stakes than The Day After. They played a version of it in the depths of the Cold War‚ hoping the exercise would shake loose some bright ideas for a US response to nuclear attack. They’re playing it again today‚ but the scenario has changed
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April 2014 Somalian Piracy: A Problem and a Solution Piracy is one of the oldest forms of crime. Since there have been ships on the sea there have been maritime pirates. The vast majority of piracy within the last few years has occurred near Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. These are not the pirates of Hollywood with peg legs who say shiver me timbers. In fact‚ Somalian pirates are extremely aggressive and organized. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) 2013 Annual Report states‚ “Somali pirates
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as justifying the piracy. In the meantime something had to be done despite the continuing debate. Ademun Odeke. (2011). Piracies have been in existence for a very long time now causing negative impacts to maritime trade. Somalia pirates are the most deadly and violent at sea and they operate‚ as said by Middleton (2008) alarming rate and threaten to drastically
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piracy issue amongst the pupil in Hong Kong. According to the survey conducted‚ the data shows that surprisingly about 43% of the respondent have indicated that they are aware of the danger of the piracy issue in the Indian ocean particularly in Somalia. The other 57% have responded that they are not aware of the danger‚ figure 2.1. Furthermore‚ the respondent were asked to rank the familiarity on the piracy issue in the Somali waters. The table shows that majority of the responded have ranked very
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Joint Operations Paper By Wes Whittington Applied Joint Warfare 16 Oct 2013 Air Command and Staff College Distance Learning Maxwell AFB‚ AL ABSTRACT George Santayana wrote‚ "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".1 He is also attributed to saying that “Only the dead have seen the end of war." I believe most of us have heard of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM‚ but how many of us have heard of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM – PHILIPPINES (OEF-P)? Committing forces to achieve
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In the 1990s‚ Somalia is undergoing a famine along with a civil war. Many civilians have died as a result of the war‚ and so the UN has intervened and started a peacekeeping operation there‚ with a base just outside Mogadishu. Unfortunately‚ the Somalis‚ distrusful of the UN‚ have declared war on everyone involved in the operation. In response to this‚ the US army deploys Delta Force to aimed at undermining the power of the president of Somalia. They plan a mission to capture Omar
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not all meets eye to eye. But it can be argued that world order is a necessity in today’s society. There are many conflicts between majorities and minorities or nation against nation that can take many forms such as guerilla‚ military and nuclear warfare. An example of a military conflict was the Gulf war between Iraq and the UN lead forces concerning the occupation of Kuwait. But not all conflicts fit into the category of direct confrontation; some arise when a group ignores the needs of another
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leaves on a nation and its people. Intrastate conflicts have been the cause of the world’s many high profile displays of brutal and inhumane violent acts. In fact “most wars today take place within rather than between states” (Turton‚ 1997). From Somalia to Indonesia‚ intrastate conflicts are “particularly destructive of the lives and livelihoods of civilians‚ waged not against an invisible enemy but against neighbours‚ friends and even relatives” (Turton‚ 1997). Aside from the direct destruction
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