On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Randy Smith wrote:
>Isn't Jim Davidson, wannabe cryo and ardent Houston Libertarian, >
>heading up some kind of investor group via the net that is looking > for
>investment to build roads in Somalia? Awdal-roads, or something > like
>that?
>Those wacky libertarians....they'll probably wind up being kidnapped > by
>some warlord. C'est la vie.....
I hadn't heard about this. Sounds interesting, 'though highly risky, to say
the least.
I read somewhere recently that the UN, I believe, is busily building roads
across Djibouti, as well as upgrading their port facilities in the capital
city, also called Djibouti, right there on the Gulf of Aden, all for the
purpose of delivering food aid to Ethiopia. One might have thought they
would have considered similar infrastructure projects in Somalia, but I'm
sure UN folks aren't anxious to go back there, and they also probably like
having a centralized government bureaucracy to deal with.
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