Jim, we all know how Syria started.
You still blame just the West and ignore the part played by your old mates China, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
Do you have evidence for these sniper rounds?
I keep telling you that I have none.

However it started it is now a sectarian war, Sunni against Shia.

Now Somalia.

Africa Report N°10012 Dec 2005
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Somalia's long civil conflict and lack of central governing institutions present an international security challenge. Terrorists have taken advantage of the state's collapse to attack neighbouring countries and transit agents and materiel. The country is a refuge for the al-Qaeda team that bombed a Kenyan resort in 2002 and tried to down an Israeli aircraft. Since 2003, Islamist extremists have been linked to murders of Somalis and foreigners. If governments are to counter the limited but real threat of terrorism in or from Somalia, they need to align closer with Somali priorities – the restoration of peace, legitimate and broad-based government, and essential services – and make clear that their counter-terrorism efforts are aimed at a small number of criminals, many of them foreigners, not the Somali population at large.