http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5R ... dq=somalia
The headline is a bit racist but the rest of the story is pretty good.
"Proud Tribesman prove efficient fighter, but never resort to savagery"
@ them expecting all black people to be animalsSome highlights from the article if you ain't got time to read:
- 264 Somalis actually got awards for bravely in a battle in France
- the fighters came mostly from what was then British Somaliland
- the French were surprised by how much pride Somalis had
- the Somali fighters learned quickly how to use the guns
- Somalis were also clean and never drank alcohol which surprised the whites
All in all its a very interesting read for anyone here interesting in a little told part of Somali history.
