http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/wo...mp;oref=slogin
Beyond clan rivalry and Islamic fervor, an entirely different motive is helping fuel the chaos in Somalia: profit.
A whole class of opportunists — from squatter landlords to teenage gunmen for hire to vendors of out-of-date baby formula — have been feeding off the anarchy in Somalia for so long that they refuse to let go.
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Perhaps some of our resident ACists will go join the fight for this noble cause.
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