National Post "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone blocking reforms intended to end Somalia’s “hopeless, bloody conflict” and counter militant and pirate groups seen as a growing menace to world security." By Adrian Croft and Arshad Mohammed via Reuters
'This comes as it was reported that Somali pirates pulled in $170-million from ransoms in 2011, up from about $110-million in 2010.
'Addressing a conference aimed at energizing attempts to end more than 20 years of anarchy, Clinton also demanded greater efforts to cut funding for al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab militants fighting Somalia’s weak Transitional Federal Government (TFG).
'Al-Shabab is the most powerful of an array of militias spawned by 20 years of conflict in Somalia, where armed groups have a history of wrecking attempted political settlements and perpetuating war, instability and famine.'
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