ansaar17 Posted February 24, 2007 The made-to-believe deputy defence minister mr. jelle is constantly moving from house to house in fear of assasination. He could not trust the hotels so now he become like saddam before he was captured. also, the xabashis have been hit tonight as well with unknown number of casualties. As usual they respond with killing innocents people who were sleeping. they were attacked this time with guns and RPGs, mortars, fighting continued for 40 plus minutes. meanwhile the sheiks in Raaskamboni are hatching up plans for a full fledge guerrilla movement organizing 80 men for each city to ambush and kill tigranyas on the move. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taliban Posted February 24, 2007 Armed youths guard a road following mortar attacks aimed at government positions in Mogadishu, February 21, 2007. REUTERS/Shabelle Media Heavy fighting breaks out in Mogadishu MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies battled unidentified gunmen on Friday in the capital Mogadishu. Two Reuters reporters in the area could hear tank shells exploding and intense gunfire exchanges for over 15 minutes. Residences in the area, near an Ethiopian and government base at the former defence ministry in northern Mogadishu, were struck by stray bullets and shells during the fighting, they said. A resident said the gunmen hit the defence ministry with mortars and rockets. "The government soldiers and Ethiopians fired back using heavy artillery as well as tanks. The fighting continued for close to 20 minutes," said a resident who lives across from the building but declined to give his name for fear of reprisal. There was no immediate word on casualties. The interim government and its Ethiopian allies have been hit with near-daily attacks by unidentified gunmen in the Horn of Africa country's seaside capital. They blame the remnants of a hardline Islamist movement they drove out of Mogadishu and southern Somalia in a two-week joint offensive before the New Year, saying the militant group is paying $100 for each attack -- a fortune in the poor country. The Islamists, who ruled much of southern Somalia for six months until they were defeated in early January, have vowed to fight an insurgency against the government and Ethiopia. Mogadishu is awash in military weapons and people with a grudge against the transitional government, the 14th attempt at establishing central rule in a country without since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. The government is awaiting the deployment of African Union peacekeepers to replace the Ethiopian troops and help stabilise Somalia -- a daunting task for a pan-African body that has struggled to keep peace in Sudan's violent Darfur region. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabhad Posted February 24, 2007 also, the xabashis have been hit tonight as well with unknown number of casualties. More sleepless nights for Xabashi and their Somali collaborators. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Animal Farm Posted February 24, 2007 Somalia will never become like Iraq - secondly, why are all of us in the Diaspora suddenly interested in Somali politics, because its in the news now? Ever wonder some people in Xamar might want some sort of government, and all the good things a viable government provides, security, growth, progress - call them a sell out or words of your choosing, but there has to be some sort of hope, wherever it might emerge from. I am not supporting any side, nor do i follow any politics back home, but somehow, anything that promises some sort of change must be acknowledged. Whether it'd be the courts, or a internally weak government. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
