Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Somalia .... another failed Muslim nation


Can you name even one Muslim nation that is not in an uproar?

From AP:
....The aid group Doctors Without Borders  said Wednesday it is pulling out of Somalia after 22 years there because of attacks on its staff, a decision that underscores the continued security risks the country poses military gains against Islamist insurgents and accompanying political progress.

In a scathing indictment of Somalia's leaders, Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French initials as MSF, said the decision is the result of "extreme attacks on its staff in an environment where armed groups and civilian leaders increasingly support, tolerate, or condone the killing, assaulting, and abducting of humanitarian aid workers."

MSF has seen 16 staff members killed in Somalia since 1991, including two killed in 2011 in Mogadishu. MSF on Wednesday pointed to those two deaths and "the subsequent early release of the convicted killer" in contributing to its decision.

The group said the pull-out will cut off hundreds of thousands of Somali civilians from humanitarian aid....

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