Any guess as to when the AC130 gunships will return to bomb Somalia?

[Castro]

Seeing that things are not going so well for the TFG and its 'allies', and seeing also these increased baseless accusations of phantom terrorists in Muqdisho, when do you think the 800lb gorilla will take things in its own hands?

 

Fighting Rages for Sixth Day in Somalia

 

By SALAD DUHUL

The Associated Press

Monday, April 23, 2007; 11:23 AM

 

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Masked Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian-backed government forces pounded each other with machine-gun fire, mortars and heavy artillery in Somalia's wrecked capital Monday, bringing the death toll from six days of fighting to at least 250, a human rights group said.

 

Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said his interim government was winning the battle against the insurgents, but called for greater support from the international community.

 

"If we do not get international support the war may spread throughout the region and Africa," he told reporters. "These terrorists want to destabilize the whole region."

 

The latest fighting flared after Ethiopian and Somali government troops made a final military push to try to wipe out an Islamic insurgency that had controlled much of southern Somalia until it was defeated in January, Western diplomatic and Somali government officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

 

The government and its Ethiopian backers have been facing mounting pressure from the U.S., European Union and United Nations over the mounting civilian death toll and appear determined to bring order to the city before a planned national reconciliation conference in June, the Western and Somali officials said.

 

Mogadishu's clan and warlord militias also have joined the fight against the Ethiopians and government forces, but they switch loyalties easily. Mogadishu's dominant ****** clan has been behind the cease-fire and ordered key insurgents out of the capital to try and broker peace.

 

A bid earlier this month to wipe out the insurgency left more than 1,000 people dead, many of them civilians. More than 320,000 people have fled the fighting.

 

The United Nations said the fighting had sparked the worst humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged country's recent history, with many of the city's residents trapped because the roads out of Mogadishu are blocked.

 

At least 18 civilians were killed and 21 wounded in Monday's fighting, said Sudan Ali Ahmed, the chairman of the Elman Human Rights Organization group. He said 19 insurgents were killed and 31 wounded but had no figures for Ethiopian or government casualties.

 

The new tallies bring the death toll in six days of fighting in Mogadishu to at least 250, with more than 291 wounded, according to the Elman Human Rights Organization group.

 

Rotting bodies have remained strewn across the streets for days, witnesses said, because it is too dangerous to retrieve them. Halime Ibrahim, who fled from south of the city, said she had seen 11 bodies. "I even failed to recognize if they were men or women," she told The Associated Press.

 

A Somali government official said Sunday that his government planned a major offensive against the insurgents soon and wanted residents of the capital to move from insurgent strongholds.

 

"People in Mogadishu should vacate their homes that are located near the strongholds of terrorists and we will crack down on insurgents and terrorists very soon," said Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle.

 

In a separate development that could increase tension in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea suspended its membership in a regional body mediating the Somali conflict. Rivals Eritrea and Ethiopia have fought two wars over an unresolved border dispute and many experts say the Somalia conflict could become a proxy war between the two, with each backing different sides.

 

U.S. officials have said that Eritrea is backing the months-old Islamic insurgency in Mogadishu, an accusation Eritrea has denied.

 

Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on one another, plunging the country into anarchy. The transitional government was formed in 2004 with U.N. help, but has struggled to extend its control over the country.

Washington Post

[Castro]

Weeks? Months? I'd guess it will probably be sooner rather than later.

 

Sending three little boys to do a man's job was a big mistake must be what the American's are thinking.

 

Time to take matters in their own hands?

[Jacaylbaro]

weeks i guess ,,,,,,,,, just make sure civilians are fleeing and some certain areas are empty then they'll be there.

[Wisdom_Seeker]

Before summer or during the summer. They will only kill innocent people, since there is no AQ is Somalia....

[nuune]

Anytime, since the Tigreey Government lost control of Kismaayo, the AC130 gunships can come down anytime!

[Fabregas]

Any guesses as to when American marines will come back to Somalia?

[xiinfaniin]

The Frazer woman was fuming yesterday...so i guess it won’t be far before they start doing their carpet-bombing thing.

[LANDER]

my question is what will there be left to bomb? The ethio's and lackies are slowly starving the population to death amid the worst humanitarian crisis in Somalia in years by turning back shipments of food aid as per the latest news.

[Faarax-Brawn]

Originally posted by xiinfaniin:

The Frazer woman was fuming yesterday...so i guess it won’t be far before they start doing their carpet-bombing thing.

Oo maxay la fume gareyneysaa? Nacalad baa kuutala dheh, balayo af yamba leh. :mad:

 

Lander,that was my centiment as well,what is theire to bomb,Livestock Perhaps? Well that should give more reason for the silly Vet Dr to stay at his current job.

[rudy-Diiriye]

condi decision should come out today to the xuux lady..!

 

we will see. probably no change. just a cease fire for relief agencies to get in.

 

wait for the finally round... round 3...! tigree fed govt... is clinging on last straw.

 

ps: i likes that wanned poster..i am gonna distributed it at xabashi resturants... lool... thx castro.

[Paragon]

Dagaalka saaka ka bilaawday Muqdisho oo ku fiday Aagag Cusub iyo Diyaaradaha Mareykanka oo ku jira Dagaalka.

Posted to the Web Apr 26, 11:47

 

 

Muqdisho:-Ciidanka Itoobiya ayaa dagaal balaran saaka ku soo qaady xaafad Towfiiq si ay u baneystaan wadada laamiga ah waxa ayna isticmaalayaan Taangiyo iyo Madaafiic culus dagaalka ayaa ah mid ka xoogan kii shalay dhacay.

 

Dagaalka markii uu socday qadar saacado ah ayaa Ciidanka Itoobiya waxay wax yar ka gudbeen dhinaca Hotel Ramadan oo aan saas uga fogeyn warshada Baastada iyo Ex- Control,waxay kaloo galeen Suuqa Towfiiq halkaas o ay diri xoogan ka socoto ilaa hada .

 

 

Ilaa hada lama oga khasaaraha kala gaaray labada dhinac, balse waxaa sida caadada u ah Ciidanka Itoobiya ay iska ridayaan Madaafiic iyo BM aan loo meel dayin wararka qaar ayaa sheegaya in 2 Bus oo marayey Suuq bacaad oo ay saarnaayeen dad qaxaya ay ku habsadeen Madfac .

 

Dagaalka Saaka ayaa waxaa si toos ah ugu jira dowlada Mareykanka waxaan ka qeyb qaadanaya diyaaradaha noocodu yahay AC 130 kuwaas oo garab siinaya Ciidanka Itoobiya sida ay noo xaqiijiyeen goobjoogayaal lagu kalsoon yahay.

 

Dagaalkan ayaa qarxay ka dib markii uu fashilmay wada hadal u dhexeeyey odayaasha Beelaha [Xamar Dagta] iyo Saraakiisha Itoobiya oo la isku mari waayey.

 

Abuu Hurayra

Halgan.net

[Castro]

^^^^ I guess they arrived even sooner than I thought.

[Paragon]

There are some reports that the people of Mogadishu are being sprayed with poisonous chemicals. This has been the cause of the Courts defeat, it has been alleged. The former courts' soldiers were systematically sprayed with chemicals causing immediate death, hence Ethiopia's easy progress to Xamar.

 

I hope this news is untrue.

[Faarax-Brawn]

Oh well,soon as they came in,"Victory" is declared

[me]

Dagaalkii ugu cuslaa oo ka socda Muqdisho iyo Maraykanka oo qayb ka ah

 

Muqdisho (26 Apr 07), Ciidamada Gumaysiga macatab ku dirirka ah oo ku hubaysan taangiyo cusub oo maraykanku sida la sheegay uu labadii maalmood ee la soo dhaafay ka soo dajiyay garoonka diyaaradaha ee Muqdisho ayaa bidha waaga saaka ay madaxa is dareen dagaalyahanka Soomaalida. Sidoo kale diyaaradaha Maraykanka ayaa duqayn ba'an u gaystay degmooyinka qaar isla mar ahaantaan madaafiic ka soo tuuray markabka IC Howard oo bad weynta ku sugan.

 

Dagaalyahanka Soomaalida ayaa markay arkeen dagaalka cirka ee Maraykanku soo qaaday ayaa waxay baneeyeen jiidda Hotel Ramadan si ay u kala fogeeyaan oo u kala baahiyaan xoogga ciidamada Gumaysiga ee aagaas ku sugnaa taasoo sahashay inay ciidamada Gumaysiga macatab ku dirirka ah ay u gudbaan suuqa Xoolaha. Markay gudbeen ciidamadii hore ayuu gumaysigu farxay oo isyidhi waad jabisay Soomaalida dabadeed waxaa wadadii isku soo qaaday ciidamo kale balse waxay la kulmeen jab iyo halaag kadib markay rasaas ooda kaga qaadeen dagaalyahanka Soomaalida oo goobtii dib ugu noqday.

 

Ciidamadii Gumaysiga macatab ku dirirka ah ee u gudbay Sooqa Xoolaha ayaa waxay la kulmeen dagaal ayna meesha soo dhigan kadib markay dagaalyahanka Soomaalidu hareereeyeen. Towfiiq ayaa sidoo kale waxaa ka socda dagaal gacmaha la isula tagay.

 

Dagaalka maanta dhacay oo ahaa kii ugu kululaa tan iyo intay dagaaladu ka qarxeen Muqdisho ayaa Saliibiyiinta dharbaaxo xoog leh loogu gaystay.

 

Khasaaraha dagaalka maanta oon uruurintiisa ku gudo jirnana waxaad kala socotaa warar kanaga danbe hadii Eebe idmo.

 

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