http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=23787_Ethiopian_Military_Halfway_to_Mogadishu#comments Just read on down to the comments; man they hate us big time!

The combat with the Mahdist Muslims(Dervish), known as the Battle of Matamma, was to be Yohannes’ last: “...on 9 March [1889] when the battle opened, it appeared as if God favored the Ethiopians. The emperor and his command breached the center of the Mahdist lines and surged forward toward victory until King Yohannes was shot, first in the right hand, and then, as he again advanced, by a bullet that lodged mortally in his chest. The Christians wavered and then broke, giving an undeserved triumph to the Muslims. With his dying breaths, Yohannes declared his natural son, Dej. Mengesha, heir…On 25 March 1889, when Menelik learned about the tragedy at Metema, he immediately proclaimed himself negus negast, king of kings.” (Marcus, H. 2002, 87-9). http://www.ethiopianhistory.com

In that case it must be easier for me to get a Somali nationality. Ten is nothing, saxib.

Originally posted by Castro: [QB] ^ I hope nothing happens in Jowhar. Just get out, is what the ICU should do. My keyboard commando training tells me let the Ethiopians, like the Americans marching to Baghdad in 2003, ride the cool breeze to Muqdhisho. Let them feel strong and mighty. Time is on our side. And unlike them, we've got no where else to go and not much left to lose. Saxib, remember the war just started. Let them be sucked in to Mugdishu. They will defintly scramble to reach Tigay. Oh yea! Addis Ababa will off reach to them by then.

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"Somalia Air and Sea space is closed - will be enforced" Copy-cats ! You heard the Jews trying to do that to Hizballah and now you are projecting it against ICU !? What a people !! Believe me this war just started and would not end before the Judeo-Christian Entity in the Horn is dismanteld!

BiLaal_07, Thanks. I feel extremely sad that my situation doesn't allow me to stand with my brothers against the Fascists on the ground. But we will see....insh'Allah...

Ethiopia unveils a new history book with cartoon “Picture” of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) http://blog.ethiopianmuslims.net/negashi/?p=82

On the 23rd of December, armed forces of the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) intercepted an Ethiopian military convoy headed for central Somalia at a location called Baraajisale in the Qoraxay province. The military convoy consisted of 20 armored vehicles as well as military transport trucks. 4 vehicles were destroyed resulting in several Ethiopian casualties. At the end of the battle, the convoy abandoned its operation aimed at central Somalia and returned to base with several wounded. This operation is in line with the policy of the ONLF to resist Ethiopian attacks on Somalia originating from our territory. ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) onlfpress@ONLF.ORG [ December 25, 2006, 04:09 AM: Message edited by: Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar ]

A MESSAGE TO ISAYAS AFEWORKI FROM AN OROMO If Isayas doesn't start a northern front within a WEEK, I will NEVER and EVER believe an Eritrean. What MORE is one waiting for from these Facists ? They Killed Oromos, they killed Eritreans, they killed Amharas and now they are killing poor Somalis. If you have respect for yourself, you got to do it NOW!! Muw'allimu Dr. J. Nyerere invaded Uganda to put an end to the embaracement of Africa Iddi Amiin. Meles Zenawi is not only an embaracement to Africa he is rubing salt in our wounds everyday. He HAS to GO !! Now!!! http://www.zikkir.com/ethiopianforum/viewtopic.php?t=162

MELES FEDERAL POLICE IN FORCED CONSCRIPTION GEAR http://www.ethioforum.org/

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=fe425f91768abeb0ec01fe4G06122416

Originally posted by me: [QB] It is sad to see that while Ethiopian jets are bombing Somali cities there are people here who are supporting the TFG stooges and the Ethiopian invasion. Let's forget the collaborators and sell-outs to their own doom. Instead, let us focus on how we can respect the precious blood shed by the ICU Mujahideen by sustaining the jihad and defeating the Horn Nasara Power once and for all. Let us get into a Covenant that we will avenge the myrtyrdom of the Shaaxiid ten fold. We have to assume a proactive attitude to find a lasting solution to the problem at hand.

An Oromo combatant.

For one fallen ICU Mujahid ten Ethiopian mercenaries will be killed. Short of that the war is not going to be over! The "Christian Island" will become the "Christian Graveyard"!!

And another thing, know that the Oromo forces in Somalia are not from your corruped - christianized OLF. These are from the new firebrand new generation fighters. Your arrogance is going to bring you down like the Fra'on. I assure you we will kill every Tigree and collaborators before this war is over.

Welcome to the demise of Tigree thugs. As I said, this war won't be over before the Amxara Palace(currently occupied by Tigre) is trashed. I promiss you, sucker.

Friday, December 22, 2006 With Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Palestine already in or sliding toward civil war, one can correctly label the Bush administration's foreign policy the most incompetent in recent memory. But the problem lies deeper than that. The hyperactive, and often counterproductive, U.S. foreign policy is a bipartisan problem, best illustrated by the sordid U.S. history in Somalia. Ever since the Korean War, through Democratic and Republican administrations, the United States has pursued an interventionist policy abroad that is disconnected from the historical roots of its traditional foreign policy of military restraint overseas. This traditional restraint, with lapses here and there, dominated U.S. foreign policy from the nation's founding until the Korean War. In fact, by defending the then economically backward South Korea, which continues to have only limited strategic significance for the United States, Democrat Harry Truman became the first of a long line of consecutive activist presidents. More recently, Bill Clinton was the modern day champion for the greatest number of overseas interventions-meddling in Somalia, Haiti, North Korea, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Sudan. While Clinton avoided blundering into a large quagmire on the ground, as the current Bush administration has done, his energetic foreign policy shows that the activist U.S. foreign policy transcends party lines. U.S. policy in Somalia, across the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, is a classic example of U.S. activism making things worse over time. In the early 1990s, the administration of George H.W. Bush sent U.S. forces to Somalia to guard relief supplies from warring factions. Although "mission creep"-the expansion of a mission once U.S. forces are on the ground-began to affect the operation in Somalia even before Clinton became president, he greatly exacerbated it. Like the U.S. peacekeeping adventure in Lebanon in the early 1980s under President Ronald Reagan, the mission in Somalia expanded into fighting on one side of a civil war. The result was also the same: When a relatively small number of U.S. forces were killed, both Reagan and Clinton pulled the plug on the intervention, arguably leaving both countries worse off than when the United States arrived. In Somalia, after the United States and United Nations forces left in 1994, the country slid into an even worse civil war. One of the factions in this internecine conflict was a radical Islamist contingent. This faction didn't get that much traction until the current Bush administration ordered the CIA to support the unpopular warlords against it. Suddenly, the Islamists, called Islamic Courts Union (ICU), became wildly popular and took over the southern part of the country, including the capital Mogadishu. The ICU is sympathetic to al Qaeda, harbors its followers, has forces that have been trained by the group, and is led by Hassan Dahir Aweys, who has links to al Qaeda. The United States, having largely created this disastrous situation, then exacerbated it. The United States has been left supporting the weak and despised Somali government, which has been surrounded by the ICU's forces in the town of Baidoa. The United States tacitly allowed the Ethiopian military, a traditional rival of Somalia, to send troops to shore up the precarious and fractious Somali government. This action, of course, caused a "rally around the flag" effect in Somalia, with the radical ICU benefiting from the nationalist outpouring. A visit by General John Abizaid, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command, to Ethiopia also fueled this sentiment in Somalia. In addition, jihadists from around the world may very well pour into the country to help Islamic Somalia fend off the "foreign aggression" of Ethiopia-as happened in the 1980s in Afghanistan after the Soviets attacked and more recently in Iraq after the United States invaded. Furthermore, al Qaeda could use its safe haven in Somalia to launch attacks on other countries, as it did when the friendly Taliban controlled Afghanistan. If this isn't bad enough, the Ethiopians' invasion of Somalia has caused Eritrea, another of their rivals, to provide the ICU with thousands of men to fight. Many analysts now worry that a regional war could inflame the entire Horn of Africa. The Nobel Prize-winning economist Fredrick Hayek once said that governments almost always do the wrong thing. He was talking about the economic realm, but he could have also been talking about U.S. foreign policy toward Somalia during the George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush administrations. Sometimes doing nothing gets better

Originally posted by Pi: It's funny how people on this forum are going under false names like Habashi and Oromia. We all know you're both Somalis. You have your tribal interests at heart. That's normal. Pi, Wallaxi I am Oromo from Harar.

The Jihad stops when the Addis Ababa Palace is trashed and residents thrown unto the dirty streets.

oh yeah? what I posted was this: ICU Mujhadeens are not scared of Ethiopian homosexual gang: [ December 23, 2006, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar ]

Sorry I was very angry when I heard the news that Ethiopian tanks are shelling ICU position and surrounding settlements.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6204695.stm Ethiopia warns Somali Islamists The Somali government is getting military help from Ethiopia Ethiopia has warned Islamist militias who control most of southern Somalia that its patience is running out. The situation in Somalia was going "from bad to worse", a statement from Ethiopia's foreign ministry warned. The statement came as fighting between the militias and fighters loyal to Somalia's weak government continued for a fourth day. Ethiopia denies its troops are backing government forces, but eyewitnesses report a sizeable Ethiopian presence. Analysts fear the battles could escalate into full-scale war. See map of flashpoints The Islamist militias - known as the Union of Islamic Courts - control the capital, Mogadishu, and have forced the Ethiopian-backed transitional government south to the town of Baidoa. Clashes have been reported in Idale and Dinsoor, southwest of Baidoa, and Duynayney, east of the town. The situation in Somalia has turned from bad to worse. Ethiopia has been patient so far. There is a limit to this. Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Q&A: Islamist advance Town on brink of war The BBC's David Bamford says that if the claims by both sides about hundreds of dead are even partly true, it shows that the fighting has been the most serious in the country since the fall of Mogadishu to the Union of Islamic Courts six months ago. The International Red Cross has managed to get some information from the front lines and estimates that dozens are dead. At least 200 wounded fighters have managed to reach local hospitals, our analyst says. Long-standing tensions Somalia and Ethiopia - a mainly Christian nation - have a long history of troubled relations, and Islamists have long called for a holy war against Ethiopian troops in Baidoa. On Thursday a leader of the Union of Islamic Courts said they were in a state of war with Ethiopia. Ethiopia denies its forces are battling the advancing Islamist militias, but admits to having some military trainers in Somalia. A BBC correspondent reported seeing a huge convoy of Ethiopian military armour near Baidoa. The United Nations estimates that at least 8,000 Ethiopian troops may be in the country, while regional rival Eritrea has deployed some 2,000 troops in support of the Islamic group. Both the Islamist and interim government agreed to a ceasefire and to unconditional talks on Wednesday after a visit by EU envoy Louis Michel. He is believed to be working behind the scenes to end the fighting, the Associated Press news agency reports. The UIC has introduced law and order to the capital and much of southern Somalia for the first time in 16 years. But other countries accuse it of links to al-Qaeda, charges it denies.