could be - but that part of somalia which probably contains the oil field, could be in puntland - a semi autonomous part of somalia .
resources are always the reason for conflicts .
some guy on tv the other day was saying that even though syria does not have much oil (on a global perspective) - the strategy is to prevent syria (ie the elected government) from accessing their own oil.
the oil might not be significant in a global sense - but at a national level, it will pay the bills
