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2006-12-26 Africa Horn

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Posted by .com 2006-12-26 09:45|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well it aint difficult to Blitz your way in. The difficult part starts during the stay. I think the same strategy will be played by the terrorist like they do in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Posted by Flererong Jereling2957 2006-12-26 10:46|| 2006-12-26 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 "It will be their destruction and doomsday," the Islamist spokesman Abdi Kafi said. "We will fight to the last man until we ensure there are no more Ethiopian troops in our country."

Just what we want! B-bye!

Posted by Brett 2006-12-26 10:54|| 2006-12-26 10:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Who has the deeper pockets? The US or the Saudi Royal Family? [We know they have deeper pockets than the Brits who blinked on the corruption investigation]

Posted by Cloluger Sperese4533 2006-12-26 11:52|| 2006-12-26 11:52|| Front Page Top

#4 FJ: Well it aint difficult to Blitz your way in. The difficult part starts during the stay. I think the same strategy will be played by the terrorist like they do in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The correct strategy for the Ethiopians would be kill any journalist who reports unfavorably on them and to use Islamic Courts tactics on the recalcitrant, meaning collective punishment. Now, collective punishment is a little excessive for the West's delicate sensibilities, but it has been the secret to extinguishing enemy resistance in every conflict since man has known war.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-12-26 12:31|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-12-26 12:31|| Front Page Top

#5 "It will be their destruction and doomsday," the Islamist spokesman Abdi Kafi said. "We will fight to the last man until we ensure there are no more Ethiopian troops in our country."

The last time I heard a line like that, Baghdad Bob was standing there saying something similar while you could see M1s in the background...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-26 13:06|| 2006-12-26 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope when the Ethiopian's pull out, they monitor the celebrations, and bomb the hell out of them, and then go back in. Gaurenteed to get rid of a bunch of them and thier supporters that way. Leaving is a good way to draw them out.

Posted by plainslow 2006-12-26 13:45|| 2006-12-26 13:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Pull out? You don't think the Ethiopians are going to start working on improving Somalian infrastructure, feeding the population and providing quality entertainment? That's a sorry kinda war, maybe even illegal.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-26 15:13|| 2006-12-26 15:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Up to 1,000 Islamists dead in Ethiopia offensive: Meles

Posted by .com 2006-12-26 15:47|| 2006-12-26 15:47|| Front Page Top

#9 O! So it that kinda war.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-26 15:51|| 2006-12-26 15:51|| Front Page Top

#10 The Islamist spokesman Abdi Kafi said: "We will fight to the last man"

Really? Promise?
That's acceptable.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-12-26 21:40|| 2006-12-26 21:40|| Front Page Top

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