Somalia
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Somalia is a Muslim country that is a combination of former colonies known as British Somaliland, French Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. Somalia has been Muslim since A.D. 900 and today is considered one of the bases for the terrorist group al-Qaida. Roughly the size of New Jersey in area and population, Somalia is located on the coast of East Africa (the Indian Ocean) and borders both Ethiopia and Kenya.
Somalia obtained its independence in 1960. The violence is such in Somalia today that it has no central government at all. In 1993, 18 American soldiers were killed in there, and on Jan. 9, 2007 the United States bombed parts of the country were al-Qaida terrorists were believed to be hiding.