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| Slain Ethiopian soldier dragged in Mogadishu streets |
| 2007-11-09 |
| (SomaliNet) MOGADISHU - Civilians dragged the body of an Ethiopian soldiers in the streets of SomaliaÂ’s capital today after fighting with insurgents killed a second soldier and civilian, witnesses said, AFP reports. In the grisly incident, more than 100 civilians stepped and spat on the scarred body as they dragged it for several kilometres on a pot-holed asphalt road from MogadishuÂ’s Suqaholaha district to Barubah, an AFP correspondent reported. "We will fight against the Ethiopia colonisers and we will kill them like this", "Down with Ethiopia, Allah is Great", they chanted in native Somali language. The slain soldier - with only a camouflage trouser and his body badly scarred - was among two Ethiopians and a civilian killed in heavy fighting that rocked northern MogadishuÂ’s Suqaholaha district earlier in the day, witnesses said. "After the fighting, Ethiopian forces came and collected the body of one of their own killed in front of my door," said resident Ali Nur Yayah, referring to the second soldier. "Five civilians were also wounded in the fighting," he added. Another resident, Hussein Mohamad, said he "saw the body of a slain man in civilian clothes at the battlefield." The incident comes nearly a week after insurgents paraded three Ethiopian troops through the streets of Mogadishu in a scene somewhat reminiscent of 1993, when the bodies of US special forces taking part in a doomed operation were famously torn to pieces and paraded in the streets. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 How valiant our troops were; how soo unappreciative the Somalian troglodytes were! It's why I'm willing to go with |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-09 22:49 |
| #11 Still, as I remember, a most painful incident that "Blackhawk Down" has left me with. I was so disappointed in Clinton's handling of the extraction (the buck stopped where?), and Les...Les, I'm still overjoyed he is soo dead!!! I still can't come to terms in watching the movie, it's still wrapped in cellophane. How valiant our troops were; how soo unappreciative the Somalian troglodytes were! |
| Posted by: smn 2007-11-09 20:52 |
| #10 it would do a total of 300 dollars worth of damage based on current Khat prices? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-09 16:22 |
| #9 Um, I have a feeling that the Ethiopian response might not be as "measured" as our responses to similar incidents. I predict lots of arty in that neighborhood. Enjoy that; you have earned it. Oh, and I talked to a friend who was in Mog about a year ago or so... He said if you dropped a hydrogen bomb on the place, it would do a total of 300 dollars worth of damage. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2007-11-09 16:14 |
| #8 Teh Modern Tug-of-War? |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-09 14:35 |
| #7 What is it with these ghouls? 2x4, it's a practice run, the Æthiopian Olympic Committee haz submitted up a Soldier Dragging as an Opening Event for Beijing 2008. |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-11-09 11:48 |
| #6 a MOAB in teh neighborhood might make them rethink this barbarism - the ones that live, at least. Not one f*cking thin dime for Somalia, nor any imigrants. We have enough cab drivers that can't speak english nor know the geography, thank you |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-09 10:20 |
| #5 One of the first moments I began to wake up from my leftist nightmare was reaction to the same treatment of Americans in Somalia. The United States, under United Nations auspices, volunteers its blood and treasure to distribute food. In return, its men are treated to this sort of spectacular barbarism. But. When these savages were described as such after dragging a man's corpse through the streets how did "the left" react? With spitting rage at the supposed racism of describing such acts as savagery. The grotesque irony, of course, is that to real racists it does not matter what people do but their skin color or culture that determines their virtue. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-11-09 08:56 |
| #4 I'd say nuke Mogadishu, but it would be one helluva waste of a perfectly good nuke... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-11-09 08:48 |
| #3 Under such circumstances, "hosing the crowd" is very forgivable. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-11-09 08:29 |
| #2 Oh, they just do that there after they get their a$$es handed to them. It's a cultural thing. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-11-09 03:15 |
| #1 What is it with these ghouls? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-11-09 01:28 |