Friday, April 4, 2008

Black Hawk Down-Video

The following video is from the war movie, Black Hawk Down. It details the true story of 123 elite U.S. soldiers who drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. The movie is one of the best films on the ethnic conflict in Somalia and the use of modern warfare.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Somalia's Location and Geography




Somalia is located in Eastern Africa in the Horn of Africa.It the Indian Ocean. Somalia border countries: Djibouti,Ethiopia,Kenya.Somalia is slightly smaller than Texas.Somalia is mostly flat.Somalia has a land area of 637,540 square kilometers.Somalia consists mainly of plateaus, plains, and highlands.Somalia is a county located in Africa.