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AFP: Twenty-one civilians 'killed by shelling in Mogadishu'

AFP: Twenty-one civilians 'killed by shelling in Mogadishu' : "MOGADISHU — Artillery shelling and gunfire between African Union troops and Islamist insurgents killed at least 21 civilians in Somalia's capital Mogadishu Wednesday, witnesses and medical sources said. Most were killed in Bakara, Mogadishu's biggest market, when African Union troops started shelling the area after an explosive device hit one of their convoys, witnesses said. 'The medical teams got an emergency alert and they rushed to Bakara market where they have collected around 16 dead bodies of civilians who were killed in the shelling,' said Ali Muse, head of Mogadishu ambulance service. Another five civilians were killed in crossfire after a roadside bomb and an ambush hit an African Union convoy, witnesses said. - Sent using Google Toolbar"

  This Is More About Money Than It Is Security      :      Information Clearing House: ICH

This Is More About Money Than It Is Security : Information Clearing House: ICH : "The former secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, represents Rapiscan, the company which is selling these scanners to his former department. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., former Chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee and the current top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, blasts TSA's invasive 'pat downs' during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on November 17, 2010. Duncan also questions the role of lucrative government contracts in TSA's new naked body scanning machines. - Sent using Google Toolbar"