Raid Kills Bugs Dead!
Posted on 12/25/2006 8:47:52 AM PST by Flavius
Heavily armed Ethiopian troops with militia loyal to former warlords on Monday have fully taken control of Beledwein and Bulo-Barde towns in central Hiran region from the Islamic Courts Union.
Yusuf Mohamud Hagar known as ‘Daba-Ged’, former mayor of Hiran province addressed crowds of people who rallied in central of Beledwein saying that government forces are going to capture the whole country and continuing to clear all the Islamists out of Somalia.
“I am telling you to be quiet, everything will be turned to normal, our aim is to fight against the terrorists in the country,” Yusuf Daba-Ged said. “We are chasing them towards Mogadishu, government troops will assure to take over whole the country,”
Sheik Mohamud Janaqow, the deputy leader of executive council of Islamic Courts Union admitted that they lost Beledwein city, taken over by Ethiopian forces.
He said that Islamist fighters withdrew from the town after heavy air bombardment by the Ethiopian fighter planes.
Sheik Janaqow condemned the Ethiopian air strike in Somalia as in violation of Somalia sovereignty.
Witnesses in Bulo-Burde, a town 190km north of the capital confirmed SomaliNet that the town has fallen to Ethiopian troops along with the militia loyal former warlords after heavy gun battle with the Islamic fighters.
Among the former warlords was Mohamed Omar Habeb ‘Mohamed Dhere’ who is with the Ethiopians and wants to recapture his Jowhar Township some 90km north of the capital.
Unconfirmed reports say that hundreds of Ethiopian tanks moved towards Jowhar town.
One of the residents in Jowhar told SomaliNet this morning in telephone contact that there were large military movements by the Islamic Courts in the town to defend against the advancing Ethiopian troops.
Meanwhile, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi acknowledged that Ethiopian military is fully engaging war with the Islamists in the region until they crush them to the ground.
He said that Ethiopia has run out of patience and will destroy the power of Islamic Courts
He said that Islamist fighters withdrew from the town after heavy air bombardment by the Ethiopian fighter planes.
what is this heavy air bombardment?
what is that?
mark
"He said that Ethiopia has run out of patience and will destroy the power of Islamic Courts"
Go get 'em!
Good question, what do they have for an air force? Bombers? Planes? Kites?
Next comes the ICU crying for a cease fire/truce, and the US State Department and the UN crying for diplomatic talks.
well i dont know what they have but some that have it do not use it
I doubt there are many prisoners being taken and,civilian casualties are not a worry.
Kill them,wipe them out is the way you win wars.
If you are attacked kill the attackers, If they put up their hands in surrender they cant fire their weapons.
Drive them out to the last man.
If the situation were reversed that is what they would do. As we well know.
Must be something new. I wish that our military could learn something about it and perhaps put it to use. /s
The ENDF uses the following equipment:
IFV/APCs: BMP-1, M113, BRDM-2, BTR-152, BTR-60.
Tanks: T-54/55, T-62.
Artillery: M1974, M109.
Helicopters: Mi-6, Mi-14, Mi-17, Mi-24, SA 316, SA 330.
Fighter aircraft: MiG-21,MiG-23, Su-27.
Ground attack Aircraft: MiG-23BN,Su-22,Su-25.
Cargo aircraft:An-2, An-12, An-26, An-32, C-130.
Trainer aircraft: SF.260TP, L-39.
Anti-tank missiles: BGM-71 TOW.
Air-to-air missiles:R-73, R-27.
Thanks, Good to know they keep them in working order.
Sounds like a guy we could use around here.
Waiting for word from the Somalia Study Group (SSG). /sarcasm
I wonder if these guys are on OUR payroll?
"Good question, what do they have for an air force? Bombers? Planes? Kites?"
http://www.mediaethiopia.com/photoessay/photo_essay_EAF.htm
Some russian jets, maybe two Canbera bombers. More than Somalia it looks like. Who knows, maybe some support from the US as well.
“I am telling you to be quiet, everything will be turned to normal, our aim is to fight against the terrorists in the country...We are chasing them towards Mogadishu, government troops will assure to take over whole the country,” Yusuf Daba-Ged said.
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| Posted by The_Reader_David On 12/24/2006 8:35:40 PM CST · 126 replies · 2,807+ views Comcast News ^ | December 24, 2006 | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN OGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia sent fighter jets into Somalia and bombed several towns Sunday in a dramatic attack on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, and Ethiopia's prime minister said his country had been "forced to enter a war." It was the first time Ethiopia acknowledged its troops were fighting in support of Somalia's U.N.-backed interim government even though witnesses had been reporting their presence for weeks in an escalating battle that threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa region. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi went on television to announce that his country was at war with the Islamic movement . |
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This is good for two reasons.
1) The rebel areas of Somalia are a breeding ground for bandits and terrorists. This brings the whole neighborhood down.
2) Ethiopia and the Somali government are doing it themselves. This is a major step forward in African independence.
Having to depend on the West (actually the UK and US) for help is not only bad for moral in your own country but it makes you lose face to outsiders for example the way Europe lost face over Yugoslavia.
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