Somalia: The Dying Ground It was God-awful hot and the dust was everywhere. We were just coming back to the airfield in Moghedishu from an 18 hour patrol in southern Somalia. Jeff was concentrating on driving while Brad was manning the .50 caliber machinegun mounted on the top of the armored humvee. This left me plenty of time to take in the sights, sounds and smells, very rich ones, of the countryside and city. Dust from the …showed first 75 words of 2333 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2333 total…show that Somalia has always been a land of clan’s and that each clan conducted it’s own society under it’s own view of law. The northern clan’s are making an attempt at a society under one law and representative government, but the south is still in a state of chaos. If the American Army has to go into Southern Somalia, they will be in a mess. I know. I was there.