"On its issue of March 1, 2010, Time magazine reported that Sheik Fuad Mohamed Shangole, a leader of an Islamist group known as al-Shabaab (the Youth), which is fighting for control of the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia, made a public declaration of allegiance to Osama bin Laden. The purpose of that report, entitled "Somalia: How it became Terror's New Home," is exactly what the title suggests-to portray how the fragmented Horn of Africa nation is fast becoming a host to terrorists and a major threat to the region and the rest of the world. As evidence, the article quotes a Western soldier in Somalia saying, "There's no longer a serious risk that southern Somalia could become a jihadi operational deployment facility. It already is." It is interesting how a closer look of the article reveals no local Somali sources are implied or quoted in any of the commentaries given. To be precise, three sources are indicated, identified as "a Western soldier working in Somalia," "an intelligence officer," and "Michael Ranneberger, U.S. ambassador to Kenya". This pattern in sourcing is not uncommon in international reporting, particularly in dealing with conflict/war stories (Lee & Maslog, 2005; Shinar, 2009)." (Introduction)