Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 24, 2013



World Must Back Stability In Somalia -- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Special to CNN

Editor’s note: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is the president of Somalia. The views expressed are his own.

The deadly attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi has reminded the world that terrorists don’t respect national borders, and people everywhere have a stake in stability and security in East Africa.

As my government marks its one-year anniversary as Somalia’s first democratically-elected administration in more than 20 years, we have made considerable progress, including driving the terrorist al-Shabaab network out of our capital, Mogadishu, and major cities and towns all around the country, as well as reforming our public financial management systems.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The US is not a target of al-Shabaab -- Karen Greenberg, The Guardian

Group Responsible for Nairobi Terrorist Attack Could Target the West -- Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon

Nairobi mall attack strikes against all of us: Column -- Louise Branson, USA Today

Analysis: Kenya raid projects al Shabaab onto global jihadist stage -- Abdi Sheikh and Richard Lough, Reuters

Kenya mall attack: Is Al Shabab terror group desperate, or resurgent? -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor

Kenya mall attack a 'brutal wake-up call' for expats in East Africa -- Mike Pflanz, Christian Science Monitor

Media Imbalance on the Nairobi & Peshawar Massacres -- Paul Austin Murphy, American Thinker

Will US get suckered in by Iran? -- Benny Avni, New York Post

Iran Finally Checkmates Obama -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear Politics

Free Syrian Army Chief: 'Why Is the West Just Looking On?' -- Spiegel Online

Why it matters that Jews are standing on the Temple Mount -- Christa Case Bryant, Christian Science Monitor

Church bombings expose the war for Pakistan’s soul -- Tom Hussain, The National

Europe Declares the Welfare State Dead -- Chriss Street, American Thinker

For Germany, mum’s the word -- John Lloyd, Reuters

One Day in the Life of Pussy Riot: A jailed artist shines light on Russian prisons -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

Brazil's controversial plan to extricate the internet from US control -- Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian

The Mistaken Focus on “Core Al-Qaeda” -- Max Boot, Commentary

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