Recent image of Islamist fighters at a campin the northern outskirts of Mogadishu
Rights Group Berates West Over Somalia Failure -- CNN
(CNN) -- The United States and other Western powers have "exacerbated Somalia's downward spiral" and must revise their policies in the east African country, a Human Rights Watch report has warned.
The report, released Monday, blames the policies under President George W. Bush for "breeding the very extremism that it is supposed to defeat."
"The new administration of U.S. President Barack Obama should urgently review U.S. policy in Somalia and the broader Horn of Africa and break with the failed approach of his predecessor," the report said.
It also cites key European governments for failing "to address the human rights dimensions of the crisis, with many officials hoping that somehow unfettered support to abusive TFG (Somali transitional government) forces will improve stability."
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My Comment: Somalia was a failed state even before George Bush got into politics. Hell .... it was a failed state even before Bill Clinton was President. Human Rights Watch blames everyone for the disaster in Somalia but ignores the real culprits which are the Somalis themselves.
