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    1. Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It has been a very unstable nation that is slowly working towards setting up a permanent government. Years of conflict has left the economy in shambles, but Somalia has many natural resources. These resources, the country’s strategic location, and a major terrorist organization are some of the US interests in Somalia. 2. Somalia has a fractured political past. There has been little stability in the country since it gained independence from

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    Somalia is known for being one of the largest African ethnic groups in the world. To the ancient Egyptians, Somalia was known as the “Land of Punt”, because of it production of frankincense and myrrh. The symbol that best represents Somalia is the white star on the flag which was adopted on October 12, 1954. “Each point of the star represents a land that is home to Somali people: the portion within the national boundaries, once divided into two territories, Italian and British; the Ogaden region

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    As chaos erupted in Somalia in the early 1990s, the United Nations came to the conclusion that intervention was the only method of preventing the nation from total loss. Drought and disease combined with oligarchic rule resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians across the country. The U.N. took immediate action, mobilizing a relief effort to provide food aid and humanitarian assistance to Somalia. However, once in country, members of the U.N. Security Council realized the magnitude

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    will discuss where the U.S. may apply military force in conjunction with other means of national power to stabilize the nation of Somalia. I will also discuss why it would be considered as an Irregular Warfare environment. Body Somalia gained its independence from British control in 1960, where the British relinquished control and gave Somalia to the United Nations. Somalia was governed by civilians until 1969; after which the military rebellion by General Muhammed Siad Barre took place. General Muhammed

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    Africa, Somalia is approximately 637,657 square miles (close to the size of Texas) and has just over 1,800 miles of coastline. It is bordered on the west by Ethiopia, on the right by the Indian Ocean; to the north, the boarder is the Shabelle River, and the Juba River to the south. The capital city is Mogadishu and as of 2011, the population is just under 10 million. Somalia is of mixed terrain, where the northern part is hilly, the central and southern parts are flat. The climate in Somalia is hot

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    Death Practices in Somalia Birth and death practices in Somalia are both based on longstanding religious practices and cultural traditions, but the birth experience is largely the domain of women. For instance, Hernlund and Shell-Duncan (2007) report that, "In Somalia, giving birth is an activity exclusively restricted to the women's sphere" (p. 122). A study on birthing experiences of Somalia women conducted in Sweden, though, found that when given the opportunity, most Somalia women preferred

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    Prior to January of 1991, Somalia was a relatively organized nation that was controlled by Mohamed Siad Barre. However, there was still small pockets of resistance. In 1991, Barre was overthrown by a coalition of opposing clans that were known as the USC (United Somalia Congress). Shortly after the revolution, the Somalia Congress had split into two separate groups. One was led by Ali Mahdi and the other one was led by Mohamed Farrah Aidid. They waged wars against each other for political gains and

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    country of Somalia had finally gained it’s independence from Britain. (“aaregistry”) By 1969 a man by the name of Siad Barre who was chief of state at the time led a military coup or a soldiers act without knowing which political objectives will be achieved because of their actions and used it to abolish Somali democracy and began the a Islamic communist in close friendship with the USSR which is now Russia. The USSR sold him enemies to use against foreign and domestic enemies. Somalia declared war

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    have not made headlines in twenty years. This is life in Somalia, a country located in the most northeast horn of Africa. Here in the United States, we have avoided the subject of their civil war for many years. This brings up the question, “How did the Somalia Civil war start and what has been done to prevent further war?” The rest of the world, not just the United States, needs to stop ignoring all the horrible things going on in Somalia and collectively begin to help again. They have struggled

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    originally from Somalia a country located in the East Africa also called “Horn of Africa”, bordered by Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. I was born and raised in Kenya. However, both my parents were born and rise in Somalia, they went their school in Mogadishu, Somalia, and built their family there. Five of my siblings, we were born in Mogadishu Somalia, but unfortunately, they did not had the opportunity to experience them early childhood in Somalia. In a brief history the Republic of Somalia has had its

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