[Marxism] US runs mercenary ops in Somalia, breaches UN arms embargo

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(Was it last week that we saw the headlines everywhere that "IRAN DEFIES THE
UNITED NATIONS" by enriching uranium in order to generate electric power?
Meanwhile, the US "defies the United Nations" in order to run a mercenary
war operation.... I don't expect to see as many headlines in the US press
though :-)  Not of course that we give "The United Nations" any mystical
significance - it just exposes how hypocritical they are )


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1868920,00.html

"Dramatic evidence that America is involved in illegal mercenary operations
in east Africa has emerged in a string of confidential emails seen by The
Observer. The leaked communications between US private military companies
suggest the CIA had knowledge of the plans to run covert military operations
inside Somalia - against UN rulings - and they hint at involvement of
British security firms.

"The emails, dated June this year, reveal how US firms have been planning
undercover missions in support of President Abdullahi Yusuf's transitional
federal government - founded with UN backing in 2004 - against the Supreme
Islamic Courts Council - a radical Muslim militia which took control of
Mogadishu, the country's capital, also in June promising national unity
under Sharia law. ....


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