Somalia: United States Strategic Interest SFC Broderick Blanchard SLC Class 13-002 Introduction In recent years‚ Africa’s growing strategic importance has been greatly noted and documented in several studies and papers by United States policymakers‚ Department of Defense (DOD) and military analysts. Africa’s natural and energy resources are the main focus due to the crude oil export has matched what the Middle East provided in the past. As envisioned by the DOD‚ AFRICOM aims to promote United
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The Disbandment Of The Canadian Airborne Regiment In Somalia 1992 In 1992‚ The Canadian airborne regiment was sent into Somalia for a peacekeeping mission. Instead of creating peace‚ the Canadian regiment have been disbanded because of the “Somalia affair”. Many innocent Somali citizens were imprisoned for non ethical reasons. One innocent Somali named Shidane Arone was severely tortured and later‚ killed because of harsh treatment. This shameful act gave people the confidence to speak
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Al-Shabab to the south of the country‚ it failed to end Islamic radicalism in Somalia; in fact‚ it was a primary factor in the ultra-radical turn of Al-Shabab‚ “transforming the group from a small‚ relatively unimportant part of a more moderate Islamic movement into the most powerful and radical armed faction in the country” . In 2009 Ethiopia withdrew its troops from Somalia‚ replaced by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) composed of thousands of Ugandan and Burundian peacekeeping forces
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Impact of a complex 1990 ’s peacekeeping operation. Case of Somalia. Peacekeeping has no one definition and has been evolving since the beginning of its existence‚ from the end of 1940’s. The end of Cold War opened up the doors for UN to take steps towards collective actions that had been handicapped for decades due to the ideological and self-interest differences of great powers. As a result‚ the number of peacekeeping operations and similar interventions increased significantly during the
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2000’s‚ piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a great danger to international shipping. Starting in 2005‚ many international organizations‚ which include the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Program‚ have expressed major concern over the rising acts of piracy. Piracy has made trouble for the delivery of shipments and raised shipping costs‚ which have risen to an estimated 10 billion dollars a year in trade world wide. Pirates in Somalia have made it clear that they do not
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Example of Somalia | | Mass Media and Society | June 2010 | ThesisThe way that TV news is creating emotion (through the power of images) in its audience is an essential element to understand how some humanitarian interventions have been decided | Summary Nowadays‚ communications come across boundaries‚ thus we can‚ more easily than never‚ be aware of what is happening in isolated areas. Who‚ in Europe or in the USA‚ doesn’t remember the shocking images of people dying in Somalia that
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What extent was the Media responsible for America’s foreign Policy in Somalia during the 1990’s? Since the end of the Cold War‚ the relationship between the U.S. government and the media has become increasingly significant. Coupled with the number of humanitarian interventions during the 1990’s‚ it begs the question‚ how far is the media responsible for the creation of U.S. foreign policy? Somalia‚ a nation wracked by civil war and famine‚ stirred the United Nations
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Exceptionality Report: Angelman Syndrome The Exceptional Child Andrea Gamber-Smith Dr. Harry Angelman discovered the disease that came to share his name‚ Angelman Syndrome in 1965. Angelman syndrome is impossible to diagnose until approximately the age of three to seven when symptoms become evident. The features of Angelman’s syndrome include a stiff body‚ little or no speech‚ constant giggling or laughter‚ and an easily excitable personality. There are
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Diarmuid Sugrue Angelman Syndrome SYMPTOMS Angelman Syndrome is a neuro-genetic disorder involving the chromosomal region 15q‚ between positions 11-13. The symptoms primarily include intellectual development retardation‚ epilepsy‚ speech impairment‚ ataxia‚ and persistent laughing or smiling. CAUSATIVE MUTATIONS A healthy individual receives 2 copies of the 15 chromosome‚ one maternal and one paternal. The chromosomal region 15q11-13 (base pairs 23‚133‚488-23‚235‚220)‚ contains the gene
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Hunter Syndrome Hunter syndrome is a rare genetic disease that almost always occurs in males. This incurable disease is also called mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II). This disorder is caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase (I2S). This enzyme is needed to successfully break down glycosaminoglycans‚ as part of the body’s normal recycling and renewal process. In a person with Hunter syndrome‚ enzyme I2S is missing or not working correctly. It is the accumulation
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