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2006-06-13 Africa Horn

Warlords dig in at Jowhar for last stand

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-06-13 01:09|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Welcome to the hell you let in.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-06-13 01:14|| 2006-06-13 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder if this Jendayi is a long lost member of the farm and garden equipment empire? After all, he does favor green as a color for flags, and the name has just a slight modification for local sensitivities.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-06-13 03:30|| 2006-06-13 03:30|| Front Page Top

#3 last stronghold of the US-backed warlord alliance

It's a brand new baby meme! Ugly little f^^k ain't it?

Posted by 6 2006-06-13 07:21|| 2006-06-13 07:21|| Front Page Top

#4 If they truely are US backed, that colume of Islamic militia could be dancing with virgins soon.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-13 09:54|| 2006-06-13 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 There is a big difference between fighting in an urban area like Mogadishu, and making a conventional attack against a dug-in enemy in open terrain.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-13 11:15|| 2006-06-13 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, the idea of the Islamists and their "battle-wagons" coming up againts prepared fields of fire from dug-in heavy machine guns and prelaid mortars does my heart good. Assuming that the warlords have been smart enough to hire some mercs to run their mortar teams, airbursts by 61/82/104mm mortars with interlocking machine gun fire will put to rest lots of the khat chewers.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-06-13 15:38|| 2006-06-13 15:38|| Front Page Top

#7 "There is a big difference between fighting in an urban area like Mogadishu, and making a conventional attack against a dug-in enemy in open terrain."

True. I suspect the Islamists' Soudanese and other Asian-trained supplements will take that in consideration.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-06-13 20:23|| 2006-06-13 20:23|| Front Page Top

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