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Soccer success increases Somali team’s woes

Soccer success increases Somali team’s woes

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Nov 13, 2011
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By James M. Dorsey

Success on the soccer pitch is a double-edged sword for war-torn and famine ravished Somalia’s national team.

Just playing to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil constitutes an act of defiance. It defies the ban on soccer by the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab, which controls significant chunks of the country, and it defies the odds of p…

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