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...until the end of 2006, when Somalia was invaded by the U.S.-allied Ethiopia, that American covert missions targeted the embassy bombers. One of the masterminds, explosives expert Abu Taha al-Sudani, is now dead, as is Aden Hashi Farah Ayro, an Afghanistan-trained former leader of al-Shabaab, Somalia's homegrown Islamist militia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Suffering Of Somalia | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Afghanistan, such successes are undermined by resentment of U.S. military activity and civilian casualties--and the blowback empowers the extremists. Al-Shabaab (Arabic for Youth) now controls much of the south of the country, in the manner of the Taliban: on Oct. 27, 1,000 spectators gathered at a sports stadium in the port of Kismayo to watch al-Shabaab stone to death a 13-year-old girl, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow. Amnesty International says al-Shabaab arrested her and convicted her of adultery after she complained she had been gang-raped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Suffering Of Somalia | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Many criticize the reuse of franchises like Mario. Do you prefer to create new characters or work with old ones? -Shabaab Kamal, BETHESDA, MD.I try not so much to create new characters and worlds but to create new game-play experiences. If a new experience is better suited to a new type of character or world than one of our existing franchises, then we might create a new character or world around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Shigeru Miyamoto | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

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