Posted on 12/27/2006 10:09:23 PM PST by HAL9000
ALARM - Somalia: Shootings with the heavy weapon close to Mogadiscio
MOGADISCIO - shootings with the heavy weapon were early heard Thursday in the north of the Somali capital Mogadiscio whereas the Somali governmental forces, supported by Ethiopian troops, approached the city, indicated inhabitants.
Go Ethiopia!
COOL Ethopia don't disappoint us
Ethopians --- prayers for you.
It's refreshing to say the least.
AP News Alert
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic forces have abandoned Somalia's capital and clan militias have begun taking control, an AP reporter and witnesses say.
(SomaliNet) The Islamic Courts Union fighters in Somalia capital have laid their weapons and handed over to the clans in the capital later on Wednesday in part of efforts by the city clan-elders and intellectuals to avoid more bloodshed – amid there is insecurity in the capital, which is now seeing events of robbing, killing and revenge attacks.
Reports say the major Hawiye clans in the capital began to consult ways to negotiate with the interim government without war and intellectuals met with the Islamic officials over the future of the capital in Somalia.
Each of the main clans in Mogadishu retook its weapons and there has been going on plans to welcome the government in the capital.
"COOL Ethopia don't disappoint us"
Hold on there, cowboy... I hope you're right, but unless the Ethiopians kill every last muslim in that cesspool called Somalia this thing won't be over anytime soon.
If this situation turns into the usual African/Mid East warfare model, Muslims will claim victory immediately after retreating and having their asses handed to them. The call will go out for suicide bombers (read: civilian targets in Ethiopia) and it will go on and on, tit for tat, for at least a decade.
The only real solution is for Ethiopia to kill every single muslim in Somalia, and that won't happen.
Yet another Muslim military defeat.
Can we trade Bob Gates for Ethiopia's Defence Minister?
Somalia: Shootings with the heavy weapon close to Mogadiscio
MOGADISCIO - Shootings with the heavy weapon were early heard Thursday in the north of Mogadiscio whereas the Somali governmental forces, supported by Ethiopian troops, approached the capital, indicated inhabitants.
Inhabitants indicated that the governmental troops approached Mogadiscio, held by the islamist militiamans, since two faces, in north and the North-East, while a journalist of AFP gave a report on shootings to the heavy weapon in the suburbs north of Sinaai.
Confirming their projection vis-a-vis the combatants of the Islamic Courts, which called upon Tuesday a “tactical withdrawal”, the Somali governmental forces supported by the Ethiopian army had taken Jowhar Wednesday, strategic city and islamist bastion, to 90 km in the north of the Somali capital.
Sad, but true. The only way to stop the fighting is to kill them all. Sad.
Ethiopia earlier said they weren't going into Mog., so this appears to be the outcome they were looking for. The 'welcome' for the provisional government will last until Ethiopian troops leave, then the Islamics will be back.
They're claiming their withdrawal is only a change in tactics.
All the more reason to take no prisoners and kill them all.
A cowards play, used to great effect. Bury the AK and become shopkeeper for a month, then get a few friends together and start the Jihad.
Any male between 15-50 should be under heavy interrogation.
You gotta love Reuters: the Islamic Courts represent law and order, and the U.S.-backed forces are the disrupters. Every thing was just hunky-dory until Ethiopia got involved. It's all America's fault. Man, they never miss a chance and they're always on message.
Or shot.
is there one place in the world the religion of peace doesn't doesn't creat havoc?
FOX news just ran an alert that the Somali interim Gov has taken Mogadishu.
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