Fighting in Somali Capital Continues

nypost.com ^ | Apr 1, 11:21 AM EDT | SALAD DUHUL

[do the dhue]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Mogadishu's dominant clan said Sunday it has brokered a truce with Ethiopian military officials who are supporting Somalia's government, even as mortar shells continued slamming into the capital for a fourth day.

Ahmed Diriye, the Hawiye clan spokesman, said fighting in Mogadishu should end within hours. Ethiopian officials were not immediately available for comment.

Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies have been waging a fierce offensive since Thursday to wipe out Islamic insurgents, sparking some of the heaviest fighting in 15 years in the capital. Untold numbers of civilians have been killed and hundreds wounded.

The offensive has focused on parts of the capital controlled by a clan that is a major supporter of more radical elements of the Council of Islamic Courts, which ruled Mogadishu for six months before being driven out in December. That clan is the Habr Gedir, a branch of the larger Hawiye clan.

[do the dhue]

If they stop, they will need a surge later.

[montag813]

Untold numbers of civilians have been killed and hundreds wounded.

Good. Dead civilians are a good sign a war is going well. It is the lack of dead civis in Iraq that is the crux of the problem.

[Recovering Hermit]

...Ethiopian allies have been waging a fierce offensive since Thursday to wipe out Islamic insurgents...

We could learn a thing or two from the Ethiopians.

[SkyPilot]

Fighting in Somali Capital Continues

Somalia was quite possibly the biggest hell hole of a "nation" I ever had the displeasure of being in.

[Stultis]

It makes me smile to have allies that don't qualify as "White Western Colonialists," and therefore don't fall into the MSM template for automatic condemnation simply for taking the fight to the enemy. Send 'em money, ammunition, special forces trainers/advisers and a warmly worded "Atta Boy!" and let 'em go ahead on!

[jmc1969]

I don't think Iraq lacks dead civilians.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"Good. Dead civilians are a good sign a war is going well. It is the lack of dead civis in Iraq that is the crux of the problem."

Eh?

[Issaquahking]

...Ethiopian allies have been waging a fierce offensive since Thursday to wipe out Islamic insurgents...

They understand the problem, and what it takes to resolve it...we're getting closer.

Maybe I'm a bit naive...but think if we killed all their leadership, muslim/radical islam may fail to exist...think a billion claim they are, to avoid being killed.

Attila the Hun's first rule of war -

No one ever got their ass kicked for being too strong!

[do the dhue]

I think the lesson is to hit hard and don't worry about what the French and Tokyo Rosie might say.

[do the dhue]

If you were in the service, thanks for the service.

[Ieatfrijoles]

Not enough leftys have even been in a fistfight.

[do the dhue]

Not enough leftys

Someone say not enough leftys?

[do the dhue]

That cartoon does wonders for my Post Traumatic Liberal Stress Disorder (PTLSD).

[Ieatfrijoles]

Nice to see a good cartoon for those of us that haven't seen a Sunday paper in twenty years.

[do the dhue]

LOL

that is an old one.

I think Bloom County had to go out of business because the liberal press shut 'em down?????

[MNJohnnie]

Send 'em money, ammunition, special forces trainers/advisers and a warmly worded "Atta Boy!" and let 'em go ahead on!

Mega dittos!