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  • Islamists Showcase Violent Films, Destroy Graves

    05/06/2009 4:45:06 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 8 replies · 363+ views
    Garowe Online ^ | 6 May 6, 2009
    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...