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These threats interact with terrorism by breeding the desperation that drives some individuals to become terrorists and others to support terrorists. Sept. 11 made us realize that we are not immune from the environmental problems of any country, no matter how remote--not even those of Somalia and Afghanistan. Of course, in reality, that was true before Sept. 11, but we didn't think much about it then. We and the Somalis breathe and pollute the same atmosphere, are bathed by the same oceans and compete for the same global pie of shrinking resources. Before Sept. 11, though, we thought...
...distribution of oil revenues. Analysts said that Washington's involvement had been crucial. A coalition of Christian fundamentalists, black legislators and human-rights activists built support in the U.S. Congress for legislation that would have armed the SPLA and punished the oil companies backing the government in Khartoum. SOMALIA Militia Battles At least 28 people were killed and more than 25 injured in fighting between rival militias in Mogadishu's residential Medina district. Many of those who died were civilians. Thousands fled their homes after indiscriminate gunfire and shelling broke out between the forces of Muse Sudi Yalahow...
...side of civil liberties, an awful lot of Americans could lose their lives" [WAR ON TERROR, June 24]. But civil liberties are strongly associated with greater safety and security for the average citizen. Just think of countries without them: Afghanistan under the Taliban, Iraq, Chile under Pinochet, Somalia. Then ask yourself how safe you would feel living in those countries. I would not feel very safe living in a country where the government can arrest and detain indefinitely any citizen it chooses without trial or due process, as in the case of Jose Padilla. BRUCE ZUIDEMA Robbinsville...
This is all mighty odd. Republicans spent eight years criticizing the Clinton Administration for neocolonial nation building in such places as Bosnia, Somalia and Haiti. This, we were told, was a diversion from America's core missions: national defense and the establishment of a global security system based on relations with other great powers. Last week, however, a senior White House official blithely said, "We're for nation building," as long as American troops aren't used to do it. (Which begs the question: Who will be used...
TIME: And the movie Elton John was going to make of your life? Dirie: That has faded out. TIME: What next? Dirie: I have started the Desert Dawn Foundation to raise money for schools and clinics in Somalia. What I saw there broke my heart. These people have nothing, really nothing...