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Population Increase:
3.1%/yr.
Major Ethnic Groups:
Virtually all are Somali
Major religions:
Sunni Muslim
Main industries:
Food processing and textiles
Major Resources
Iron, tin, bauxite,
gypsum and uranium
Arable Land:
2%. Drought/famine killed over
1 million during the last 20 yrs.
Autos:
Over 25,000
Land Mines?
Not a manufacturer.
Swamped
by cheap landmines
from U.S., Italy, Yugoslavia, Belgium and U.S.S.R.
W.W. III Detritus. Soviet Tanks
Made W/ U.S. Suspensions, Rust Away
In The Desert.
National Geographic photo
History
1999 | 2000 |
2001 2002
2003 |
2004 | 2005 | 2006
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The
Somalia Fiasco Was One Of The
U.S. Army's Greatest Failures
Home to over 10 million people.
They were major victims of a Western/Soviet war for the area.
Everyone wanted it because it guards the entrance to the Red Sea.
Mid-East oil bound for Europe has to go through
the Red Sea to get to the Suez canal.
Fighting polio
A health worker administers a polio
vaccine in Gof Guddud, in the Baidoa region.
MSNBC
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The MSNBC photo caption above failed to say what chance the
kid has of living through the recurring droughts and tribal clashes. |