One thing I find quite striking, and it's something that I've only just now become aware of myself, is that while the whole world now knows about the stoning of this 13 year old girl, people in the US are largely unaware that in 2007, the US government sponsored (using the Ethiopian government and military as proxies) a war on Somalia that resulted in the deaths of more Somalis than were killed in Lebanon during the recent war there. Here is some background...

http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15479

How is it that our media is effective enough to be able to make sure the world is aware of the stoning, while neglecting to inform us of the US government's involvement in an invasion and occupation of Somalia by Ethiopia, resulting in the deaths (and also torture and rape) of thousands of civilians? And why do we stand for it?