Gates of Vienna News Feed 6/9/2012

The Somalia-based Islamic terror group Al-Shabab has offered a bounty of ten camels for President Obama, but only two for Hillary Clinton. That’s not much — I wonder what the going rate is for, say, Queen Elizabeth. Or Lady Gaga.

In other news, Moody’s warns that if Greece leaves the Eurozone, it may have to downgrade its rating of Germany’s debt. Meanwhile, Spain is negotiating with the European Union for a bank bailout of up to €100 billion.

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