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| Somalia: Islamic Courts' death toll much higher than claimed | |
| 2006-12-23 | |
(SomaliNet) SomaliNet received gruesome images of dozens of dead Islamic CourtsÂ’ fighters lying on the ground somewhere between the town of Buurhakaba and Baidao.
TodayÂ’s official word from the Islamists was twenty martyred in the past two days and sixty wounded from all three fronts. Either information on this group of dead Islamic Courts fighters did not reach Mogadishu yet or they downplayed it on purpose for propaganda reasons. It is the first time the courts met with stiff and damaging resistance since the start of their conquest to conquer all Somalia. Although the interim government is denying the popular belief is that professional members of Ethiopian army are fighting along government forces. The images we have came from a neutral third party that has no affiliation with either side of the conflict. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 probably a few, or maybe more than a few of the IC fatalities are reluctant volunteers shot by IC officers |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-12-23 22:20 |
| #9 DeaconMan is an olde pro. Him got it. Like the feint at Cold Harbor. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-23 16:05 |
| #8 We DIDN"T get our butts kicked! It was a feint, yeah, that's it, a feint. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-12-23 16:00 |
| #7 TodayÂ’s official word from the Islamists was twenty martyred in the past two days Martyred? LOL! Is that what they are calling it. Shot down the the porKoranimals they are. No pass go, no 72 rasins for these bastards. |
| Posted by: Shomong Thaque3757 2006-12-23 13:32 |
| #6 As far as a "feint" goes, how many tacticals armed with machine guns does it take to overwhelm a tank? One. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-12-23 11:57 |
| #5 Those morons know nothing of tactics, and undoubtedly their field commanders were just the most enthusiastic jihadists, leading kidnapped boys. As far as a "feint" goes, how many tacticals armed with machine guns does it take to overwhelm a tank? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-12-23 08:55 |
| #4 I'm going to be suspicious they are getting some proficient 'advice' from somewhere. It'd be about time; the ICU has had 'advisors' for a while. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: ...feint operations designed to make the transitional government and its Ethiopian allies overconfident, and perhaps cause them to advance from their fortified positions. If that is the case, then whatever "proficient advice" is there will likely act as a damper. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-12-23 04:09 |
| #3 Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (Counterterrorismblog.org) says: "military intelligence source with whom I spoke believes that the ICU's early attacks on Baidoa -- which got beaten back -- were not intended to take the city, but instead were feint operations designed to make the transitional government and its Ethiopian allies overconfident, and perhaps cause them to advance from their fortified positions. If he is correct that these were feint operations (and this source has been extremely reliable in the past), then the ICU succeeded in driving up the the TFG's confidence." Time will tell. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-23 00:59 |
| #2 The last time the Ethiopians and Somalis went at it, they were both equipped by the Soviet Union. The Ethiopians did badly at first but finished very strongly. And that was when Somalia had an actual trained army. This time, the Ethiopian Army is up against human wave style assaults, and will inflict the requisite causalties on the fundies. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-12-23 00:51 |
| #1 Ethiopians gave the Italians more than they could handle 70 years ago - and Mussolini's fascists were probably more formidable than Somali militias. We'll see how well those fighting abilities have carried down the generations. Of course if they whip some serious Islamic Court butt using combined air & artillery support I'm going to be suspicious they are getting some proficient 'advice' from somewhere. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-23 00:21 |