Britain Offers Humanitarian Aid for a stake in Somalia's oil

[Corncrake]

I missed this a few weeks back but it smacks of John Perkin's Economic hitmen. In addition the nefarious BP appears to be up for a cut of the pie.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/25/britain-oil-dash-somalia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/25/somalia-alshabaab-oil-west

You can also listen to what Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert have to say about it here:

http://youtu.be/McIzBsNP0bc

[mosquito]

"Humanitarian aid" = vaccines, drugs, military advice, an outdated and useless education system, television for all, money for government agencies, "do it our way or else", etc. etc.