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The Civil War in Somalia. Was it a mistake?

Somalia a country of Africa is a great place of suffering. Famine, war, and crime are just some coming things you can find in Somalia. This paper will focus on the time period of 1991-1995. This is when Somalia decided to get into a civil war and make this an international issue. This will also contain why this might have been a mistake or an action the United States did to make this a mistake.
After years as Italian and British colonies, Somalia gained its independents in 1960. A man named Said Barre controlled the country as a dictator. Another man who you will here have more named Aideed spent the late 1960’s and early 1970’s in prison for trying to take out Barre. Siad Barre then freed Aideed and appointed him ambassador to India, Sri Lanka, also Singapore. In doing this Siad Barre thought to himself since he gave this position to Aideed that he wouldn’t try to take him out again and appreciate this position. Close to the 1990’s, the dictatorship of Barre had fa...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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