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2007-01-08 Africa Horn

Insecurity and killing escalate in Mogadishu

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm glad to hear things are getting back to normal in Mog.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-08 07:53|| 2007-01-08 07:53|| Front Page Top

#2 All these intellects coming out of the woodwork- things are lookin'up for Somalia.

Posted by Grunter 2007-01-08 12:08|| 2007-01-08 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Frankly: So what? If these people cannot govern themselves it is only our problem in so far as they harbor our sworn enemies. If someone feels generous they could email copies of the Federalist Papers as a "how to" but that is about it.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-08 12:53|| 2007-01-08 12:53|| Front Page Top

#4 "Armed militias that have set up a roadblock in north Mogadishu,were apprehended by government forces

Geez, louise, am I the only one who thinks they buried the lead?

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-01-08 13:07|| 2007-01-08 13:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes they did bury the lede, LH; but you were not supposed to notice that. This is a prime example of slanting news - the real news in the article is that the new government is arresting these thugs and breaking up the roadblocks. Before the ICU took over and made everyone's life more of a hell in Mog, these roadblocks were pretty common. The ICU broke them up to show how they were pro-law enforcement and the Western media fell for it. Now that the non-Islamofascist government has taken over, the roadblocks are still not being tolerated. But now the media is reporting much more on them because it fits the template of "Islamofascists bring security, fighting them brings insecurity" that the media is applying everywhere that people resist the spread of fundie Islam.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-08 15:29|| 2007-01-08 15:29|| Front Page Top

#6 yeah, thats more or less what I was driving at.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-01-08 15:41|| 2007-01-08 15:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, I see the Washington Post is already in full Quagmire mode...

Somalis Rail at Ethiopian Forces

By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, January 7, 2007; Page A16

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 6 -- Hundreds of angry and fed-up Somalis demanded that Ethiopian troops leave the city Saturday, smashing cars, burning tires, and hurling stones and threats as a prevailing sense of insecurity deepened in the patched-together neighborhoods of Mogadishu.

A volatile mix of grievances fueled the clashes between demonstrators and Ethiopian troops, leaving at least two people dead

Tensions are rising over the presence of the Ethiopian troops, who are perceived here as having U.S. backing and last week pushed out an Islamic movement widely credited with bringing security to the capital.

The Islamic Courts movement, which took power in June, included moderate leaders as well as some suspected of having ties to al-Qaeda and of sheltering three suspects in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Islamic Courts leaders have denied those charges, and analysts say the connection between the movement and al-Qaeda has been exaggerated.

The Islamic movement's fundamentalist brand of Islam was foreign to most Somalis, who adhere to a more moderate interpretation but seemed willing, at least at first, to tolerate the social restrictions in exchange for security.

Posted by tu3031 2007-01-08 16:06|| 2007-01-08 16:06|| Front Page Top

#8 that they've lost enough face that the local citizenry will greet them with flung fruit and bad names rather than cash.

Far better they greet them with gunfire, flung fruit and bad names will only get you shot.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-01-08 19:29|| 2007-01-08 19:29|| Front Page Top

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