BBC is deeply saddened.
It is usually a good plan to pick the winning side.
Isn't this wonderful! When was the last time the Ethiopians won a war? Maybe after they kick ass in Somalia they'd care to help us in Iraq.
Nothing like a little "duck blind" diplomacy...
They will be saved at the last moment by the 12th IMAM!.........
Interesting. The article doesn't seem to comment on it, but the map shows a "U.S. Navy patrol" off the coast. Presumably keeping any more of the terrorists from leaving on small fishing boats. Or at least so I hope.
Some terrorists fled earlier by boat, but were shot out of the water when they tried to come ashore on the other side of the gulf, I think in Aden.
BBC is deeply saddened.
Imagine all those islamorons being defeated by Tujus........
kill em.
I realize this is just how things played out---but it does seem like a decent strategy to have the Islamonazi-types congregate in a disorganized country with little support and then corner them there. A bit like the old "roach motel" idea.
Agencies
Thursday January 4, 2007
Guardian Unlimited (UK)
US forces are being deployed off the coast of Somalia to prevent Islamists with suspected terrorist links from fleeing the country, it was reported today.
The move follows two weeks of fighting, which began when Somali government troops, backed by Ethiopia, defeated the Somali Council of Islamic Courts. The SCIC had controlled the country since June.
"We would be concerned that no leaders who were members of the Islamic Courts, which have ties to terrorist organisations, including al-Qaida, are allowed to flee and leave Somalia," a US government spokesman said.
Before the latest fighting, the US said the SCIC was controlled by a cell of al-Qaida operatives - a charge denied by the Islamist organisation. The head of the council, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, is considered to be an extremist by the UN and US.
US warships are stationed off the Somalian coast and the Horn of Africa, blocking possible escape routes.
Kenya has also sealed its border and strengthened troop numbers to protect itself from any overspill from the conflict between retreating Islamist fighters and government forces.
Having deserted their final stronghold on Monday after two weeks of war, Islamists pledged to fight on using guerrilla tactics. Last June, they swept through Somalia, driving out warlords and taking control of much of the south of the country.
Following a period of relative stability, anarchy is returning to the capital, Mogadishu.
More than 3,500 Islamists are believed to remain in hiding in the city and surrounding area, while gunmen loyal to the warlords driven out in June have reappeared.
Reports have also emerged of militiamen taking positions at checkpoints and using them to rob, rape and murder civilians. Earlier today, gunmen fired a rocket at an oil tanker truck near Mogadishu, wounding three people.
The government is now attempting to install itself in the capital.
Excellent news! The Left wing traitors and their media were very happy few months ago when the islamic terrorists took over Somalia, but now they are very sad that another terrorist regime is crushed and destroyed.