I guess they’re running out of people to kill.
Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World’s Most Dangerous City.
The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the infrequent attack, has lasted the better part of a year. Somalis who fled decades of war are coming back, as are U.N. workers who long operated out of Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya.
Embassies are reopening and a U.S. assistant secretary of state visited here on Sunday, the highest-ranking U.S. official to set foot in Mogadishu since the infamous Black Hawk Down battle of 1993.
Minnesota resident Abdikhafar Abubakar fled Somalia in 1992, leaving behind his mother, three siblings and other family members. He planned to visit twice in previous years, but each time his mother warned it was too dangerous.
Last week, he finally returned to Mogadishu, where he saw his mother for the first time in two decades. This time she said it was safe and she welcomed him home with tears of joy. He later walked the streets with his brother.
“One thing I could say about Mogadishu as the most dangerous city in the world: I’ve been here one week and I never felt any danger,” Abubakar said. “When I was out walking around, I wasn’t scared. There was nothing to be scared of.”
Meanwhile, in the president’s hometown and campaign headquarters it’s been a bloodbath of late. No wonder the Obamas rarely visit any more. This would make an interesting campaign angle for the media. You know, if they were interested.
Back on top, baby! We’re #1!!!
Hey c’mon people. Chicago was denied the olympics, so they deserved something
Most Dangerous City – Is that calculated by “Gross Danger” or “Danger per capita”?
Well, no wonder Morning Joe was pumping up Chicago and the Emanuel brothers this week. It was but another distraction to take your mind off the murder capital of the country.
They’re not “running out of people to kill”; the African Union troops have defeated al Shabaab by killing them in large numbers and showing great expertise, courage, and ruthlessness.
The entire Somali war has flown under the radar of the mainstream media, which allows the AU troops to fight the sort of war we can only dream of.
The final nail in the coffin of al Shabaab was the deployment of D Company of the Kenyan 20th Parachute Battalion, which by all accounts is the equal of any American, British, or Israeli special-operations force. They targeted the facilitators, gun runners, financiers, and local commanders of al Shabaab, killing them without mercy.
That’s what won the war.
As a former Chicagoan I just want to ahare this According to the FBI: This is the homocide rate in Chi-town
1990: 851
1991: 927
1992: 943
1993: 931
1994: 929
1995: 827
1996: 789
1997: 759
1998: 704
1999: 641
2000: 628
2001: 666
2002: 647
2003: 598
2004: 448
2005: 449
2006: 467
2007: 442
2008: 510
2009: 458
2010: 449
2011: 440