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Africa Horn
Insecurity rages in Islamist abandoned areas
2006-12-28
Mogadishu 27, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) Insecurity problems have escalated in Baledweyn and Abbudwaq, the main towns of Hiran and Galagadud provinces, central Somalia.
Already pining for the good old days of law and order with the Islamists.
A group of militias in Abudwaq has raged insecurity problems, setting up checkpoints in the town. Witnesses said the militias have opened gunfire indiscriminately at town, endangering the lives of ordinary people in the town.

The ICU fighters have fled run away ran like rabbits abandoned Abudwaq after they feared attacks from the Ethiopian troops that now took control of all Middle Shabelle and central provinces in the country, reportedly heading for the capital, Mogadishu.

Residents in Baledweyn say that they are mugged at the nights by groups of robbers armed with AK 47 rifles and pistols.

Residents in Jawhar have welcomed the arrival of government militias, witnesses reported. Early in the morning, people were fleeing their homes to the capital Mogadishu in fear of the escalating war.

Shabelle reporter in Jawhar Nor Bukhari said many people in the town were rejoicing the return of Mohammed Dheere, a former warlord who controlled Jawhar before Islamist fighters evicted him. People who owned small cinemas and those who traded in Khad, a narcotic stimulant leaf, shouted they were finally pleased to reopen their business to earn their daily bread.
Posted by:Steve White

#13  Ummmm, if you wound a rat, then send it on it's way, the other rats kill and eat their wounded fellow.
Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-12-28 19:40  

#12  Headline: Insecurity rages in Islamist abandoned areas

Right. Maybe the Ethiopians should stick around and do some nation-building. On second thoughts, maybe not. But you hafta admit it was good for a laugh.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-12-28 19:09  

#11  Think about it, do you merely wound a rat and then send it on its way? How one deals with Islam and vermin has many similarities.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-28 15:31  

#10  Excellent analogy, treo!
Posted by: Ptah   2006-12-28 13:25  

#9  Kill them til they run away then hunt them down and kill them some more then demolish the mosques, shoot the clerics and burn the korans. Remember, it's important to keep taking all of your antibiotics even after the symtoms are gone to make sure you have killed all of the bacteria to prevent a recurrence.
Posted by: treo   2006-12-28 11:37  

#8  Kill them until they run away, and then catch up and kill more of them, wash, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-12-28 10:57  

#7  Redneck Jim, I must amplify on your comment: not only must you kill them until they run away, you kill them WHILE they are running away.

Mullah Omar is an example of what happens if you do NOT kill them while they are running away.
Posted by: Ptah   2006-12-28 10:57  

#6  I sincerely hope the world is taking notes on how to deal with Islamic Assholes.
I. E. Kill them until they run away.

Somehow I doubt it, common sense doesn't seem very common these days.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-12-28 06:24  

#5  I thought a CNN article was pretty funny. They had someone saying they weren't disbanding, just making another tactical adjustment and the article mentions seeing a "large convoy headed South". Of course, anyone knowing the geography knows that there is nothing South of Mogadishu except the sea. That convoy better have its water wings.
Posted by: crosspatch   2006-12-28 03:55  

#4  They should call out the insecurity guards™...
Posted by: Free Radical   2006-12-28 01:28  

#3  Dumb reportage. If anything, security is being returned to liberated areas.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-12-28 00:36  

#2  I wonder how many Iranians the Ethiopians captured.
Posted by: crosspatch   2006-12-28 00:35  

#1  But I thought Insecurity was an Islamic Principal, not an ORDINARY principal. But who is to say anymore. I guess if you are going to run the earth like a mindless gulag, you may as well do as the bad angel does and tell the people just exactly what you will do to subjicate them while bombing anything at your pleasure. You would be suprised at how many wusses there are.... but then... THEN.... There is Ethiopia!
Posted by: newc   2006-12-28 00:25  

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