The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary, famines are spurred on as result of a global oversupply of grain staples.

Lost in the barrage of images and self-serving analysis are the economic and social causes of the conflict.

Global poverty is an "input" on the supply side; the global economic system feeds on cheap labor.

Legal and illegal activities had become inextricably intertwined.

Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.

While Financier George Soros was investing money in Kosovo's reconstruction, the George Soros Foundation for an Open Society had opened a branch office in Pristina establishing the Kosovo Foundation for an Open Society (KFOS) as part of the Soros' network of "non-profit foundations" in the Balkans.

The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary, famines are spurred on as result of a global oversupply of grain staples.