Posted on 05/06/2009 4:45:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Somalia May 6 (Garowe Online) - Islamist hardliners in southern Somalia have showcased public films showing grotesque violence and have destroyed gravesites, Radio Garowe reports.
Al Shabaab hardliners in the southern port of Kismayo constructed large screens to portray real-life film footage recorded from "wars in Somalia, Palestine and Afghanistan."
Kismayo residents described the films as bloody and violent, showing gruesome images of civilians being killed by foreign militaries.
"If I take Mogadishu for example, the films showed Ethiopian troops and AMISOM [African Union] troops shelling civilian areas, causing many deaths," said one film viewer.
Some of the films showed Israeli armed forces bombarding civilians neighborhoods in Gaza and the West Bank, the viewers added.
A spokesman for Al Shabaab said the films are intended to show the public the "suffering of Muslims" across the world. He noted that the films will soon be shown in other areas under Al Shabaab control, including Bay, Bakool, Gedo and Lower Shabelle regions.
Gravesites
At least 12 gravesites were destroyed in the outskirts of Kismayo this week by Al Shabaab, fighters and residents said.
Sheikh Fu'ad Abdullahi, who a senior member of Al Shabaab, said the gravesites were destroyed as part of an "ongoing process."
"The destroyed gravesites were places where people worshipped, and this is forbidden by Islam," Sheikh Fu'ad told reporters.
The town of Kamsuma, which is located 90km north of Kismayo, was the site where many religious scholars were buried, with some graves reportedly older than a century.
Heavy fighting erupted in central Somalia's Galgadud region in late 2008 between Al Shabaab and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamee'a, a Sufi group, with reporting linking the eruption of that conflict to Al Shabaab desecration of gravesites.
“The Wild Bunch”?
“grotesque violence” is a pretty good description of all things islamic. There is not a shred of humanity nor decency in this backward, primitive obscene death-cult.
Sunni Islam, he means, but dishonestly doesn't tell the wet-behind-the-ears writer. Sunnis from Saudi Arabia used to organize tourist trips to Bosnia to desecrate the Shia Moslem cemeteries. They may still.
Rival gangsters. Which reminds me: Will Shiite Iran use a nuke to destroy Sunni Saudi Arabia? I don't doubt they'd try. Say, whaddya bet if Obomber withdraws aid from Israel, the Saudis secretly replace it?
Jihad porn - they probably take it right off youtube and show it in Mogadishu.
Since Zero is funded by and loyal to the Saudis, I don't really think they'd work against one another.
Apparently this is the stuff the recruiters show to the recruited to incite the semi-feeble minded to join. The Brit bombers talked about it, so did the Mumbai one I recall.
Might show them that “Gaza” bomb scene which was not an Israeli attack, but self-inflicted.
Islamist hardliners in southern Somalia have showcased public films showing grotesque violence and have destroyed gravesites, Radio Garowe reports.Radio Garowe will mysteriously go off the air in 3, 2, 1...
Since Zero is funded by and loyal to the Saudis, I don't really think they'd work against one another.
Since Iran and Saudi are mortal enemies, I was picturing the Saudi's hating Iran even more than the Jews. I'm just speculating wildly.
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