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Old 09-20-2011, 05:39 AM
 
Location: Yorkshire, England
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A radio station run by Somalia's al-Shabab Islamist group has awarded weapons to children who won a Koran-reciting competition.

Andulus radio, based near Mogadishu, gave the group which won first prize in the Ramadan contest an AK-47 rifle and the equivalent of $700.
BBC News - Al-Shabab radio gives weapons prize to Somali children

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Old 09-20-2011, 05:43 AM
 
Location: bold new city of the south
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Religion of peace, or else!
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:46 AM
 
Location: Hoboken
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They need gun control laws in Somalia.
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:49 AM
 
Location: No Mask For Me This Time, Either
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They need gun control laws in Somalia.
They need reproduction control laws in Somalia...
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:52 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Considering how Somali police protect their citizens from violent attack I would as an AK would be a very useful present.
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:57 AM
 
Location: Yorkshire, England
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Considering how Somali police protect their citizens from violent attack I would as an AK would be a very useful present.
Of course - helpful thinking by those nice people in Al-Shabab
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Old 09-20-2011, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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They need gun control laws in Somalia.
That's what I've been saying all along!

Love,
Barack Obama
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Old 09-20-2011, 06:10 AM
 
Location: Va. Beach
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And we are worried about Somali because?

Don't we have enough things to worry about in our own country before we worry about someone else?
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Old 09-20-2011, 06:49 AM
 
Location: NC
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par for the course over there.
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Old 09-20-2011, 06:51 AM
 
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I want a free AK dammit.
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