Some claim that recent European antisemitic violence can actually be seen as a spillover from the long running Arab-Israeli conflict since the majority of the perpetrators are from the large Muslim immigrant communities in European cities.

Seen from the perspective of the War of 1812 and the larger conflict between Britain and France which precipitated it, this was a very small brief 15 minute battle, but it ultimately had larger consequences in the territory.

Dear Matt It is good opportunity to see the Britain after nearly 21 years absence from the Somali conflict, even thought it done some humanitarian, but worse in collaborating with US and Ethiopia against Islamic Courts movements.

And now many here are seeing his planned trip as a symbol of the shift in the world's attention, from the conflict in the Persian Gulf to the Arab-Israeli conflict and new efforts to solve it.