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Fighting famine is local

Article by: ALLIE SHAH , Star Tribune
Updated: November 24, 2011 - 9:20 PM

Minnesota's Somali community is in the forefront of the effort to ward off starvation amid civil strife in far-off Somalia.

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exmuslimNov. 25, 11 2:32 AM

This is an story is an example of to helping without figuring out the cause of the problem. It is interesting that the little girl in the picture is forced to cover her head, yet was given the freedom to help. The contrast can not be so obvious. The issue is clear, the reason those kids are daying in somalia is Islam. There is no other logical reason for a kid to die or cover up by force. The food will arrive there in January..ie more kids will die before our assistance gets there. Let us think of ways to truly confront the evil that created this terrible disaster in Somali.

ipmuttNov. 25, 11 6:25 AM

You have to work at it to go hungry. With 4-500 per month in food stamps, free meals for kids on every block, food shelves and meal delivery services available for the asking you have to be spending your time on something else to go hungry. This problem is mostly a media built up story.

paulsonj72Nov. 25, 11 7:51 AM

This is overseas not here in MN

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