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Somalia: Security

Written bySokari Ekine
Posted 16 January 2006 16:24 GMT

Harowo.com, News and Commentary from Somalia points to a report in the Asian Times on security and warloads in the capital Mogadishu

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  • Somalia: How Many Guns Make a Somali Warlord

    How many guns make a warlord? 25 technical, so about 250 armed men with Russian AK-47s and Belgian pistols make you a lord, and you can go up the hierarchy to viscount or marquis or earl or proper baron if you include a couple of anti-aircraft guns and artillery pieces.

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    16 January 2006, 15:11 pm
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