"Meeting together,the two leaders, the Palestinian Authority and Prime Minister Netanyahu, meeting together urgently,directly, without pre-conditions, I think is the best way to move forward."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Peter Pham, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies at James Madison University, says conditions in Somalia threaten security and stability of the Horn of Africa: "Even without toppling the TFG, al-Shabaab has already achieved a major objective by securing a territorial base from which like-minded militants and terrorists can carry out attacks elsewhere, especially against targets in the Arabian Peninsula as well as participating in the current violence against Somalis,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26