Dear Editor:The January 12 article in American Thinker by Abdirahman Warsame entitled "Problems in the VOA-Somali Service" contained a number of inaccuracies and false statements, to which the Voice of America offers the following response.First, some background: VOA's Somali Service went on the air in February 2007. It now broadcasts three hours a day of news, information and features that can be heard in Somalia in the late afternoon and early evening on shortwave and FM radio. The program's mandate has been to provide the unbiased, accurate, credible information called for by the VOA Charter, and the overwhelmingly positive response from Somali listeners indicates that they value those qualities in our programs. In his article, Mr. Warsame said that several of our broadcasters are "well known hardcore supporters" of the Islamic Courts. There is no truth to this statement. The similar accusation that VOA freelance reporters in Somalia are opposed to the...(Read Full Post)