“We do not know the exact location, but we suspect it was in northeastern Somalia.”
Andrew Mwangura
“One cannot count on riches. Somalia”
African Proverb
“We still don't know who or which group in Somalia took them hostage and why. As we all know, the political situation in Somalia is still uncertain and there are many armed groups there.”
Desra Percaya
“This place is going to look like Little Somalia. We're going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control.”
Gary Jones
“There was a sense that there was nothing to learn from Somalia or Haiti or Bosnia.”
Seth Jones
“The U.N. failed to respond. But it's mostly because the West didn't want another Somalia.”
Richard Reitano
“All of the humanitarian agencies operating in Somalia have armed guards. We're very uncomfortable with it, but there's very little option to pull out of (the security arrangements).”
Colin McIlreavy
