The soundbite at the end begs the question: Are the Somalis in the South having starvation problems because *normal* supplies are not getting into the region due to security issues? Some of the African agriculture ministers at a WTO AG meeting said security WAS one of the big issues, along with transport infrastructure, roads and rail systems. They didn't want our GMO crops. It was said that with the aformentioned needs filled, the African nations easily grow enough food to ship it around the continent. All in all, probably not what the State department wanted to hear, no less want to occur.
Jun. 18 - In Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, ordinary Somalis are finding it much easier to do business since the arrival of the Islamic courts. "We have no special aims, interests or hidden agenda," the courts union chairman, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, told reporters in Jowhar. "But the people wanted stability and security after 16 years of bloodshed and civil war. This was a popular uprising." Benet Allen reports SOUNDBITE: El Maan Port Manager, Abdul Kadhir Saying (English): "Sometimes we had difficulities when the cargo came through the town of trucks and someone hijacked the trucks. that was the insecurity, but sice the islamic court arrived we have not had any hijacking of the trucks." Video Report: http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoStory.aspx?isSummitStory=false&storyId=f489e140cab9217c79c1e6c6fd1fc37198b9ae8d
