When I was there the French Ambassador's secretary was wading on the beach and lost both her legs at upper thigh to a great white shark in 3 feet of water. Shark nets of course were not being kept in repair by Somalis lacking adult supervision. She died.
Bruce http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222821,00.html MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Islamic court banned women from swimming at the main beach in the capital to keep women from mingling with men, an official said Friday. The ban applies only to the northern <javascript:siteSearch('Mogadishu');> Mogadishu Leedo beach, where families usually go on weekends. "We stopped women from <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222821,00.html> swimming because it is against the teaching of Islam for women to mingle with men, especially while they are swimming," said Sheikh Farah Ali Hussein, chair of a northern Mogadishu Islamic court. Miriam Isse watched others swimming in the Indian <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222821,00.html> Ocean Friday. CountryWatch: <http://www.countrywatch.com/fox/country.asp?vCOUNTRY=158> Somalia "They cannot prevent us from our right to <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222821,00.html> swim in the sea," she said. "What is wrong with us enjoying ourselves like men? That is clear discrimination." Somali women usually swim fully clothed. Somali men, however, swim in trunks, at times bare-chested or wearing vests. Hard-line Islamic leaders' militia have swept through most of southern Somalia since taking over Mogadishu in June. Their sometimes strict and often severe interpretation of Islam has raised the specter of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime, and contrasts with the moderate Islam that has dominated Somali culture for centuries. They have introduced public executions and floggings of convicts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
