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2006-07-02 Africa Horn

Somalia warlord surrenders arms to Islamists

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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Omar's Finnish? Who knew?

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-02 00:27|| 2006-07-02 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Haven't heard of the Peace with the Quaraish, eh?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-02 02:24|| 2006-07-02 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I think what we see here is the birth of the new Afghanistan. Watch for them to do it a bit different. They will build up their military focusing on the Hezbullah or Hamas models. Bet the money pipes are flowing from Sods and Iran.

We need to be preemptive here or we will eventually have to take them down as well.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-07-02 09:15|| 2006-07-02 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Pan - Sods funding already confirmed. Binny's endorsement already confirmed.

Any questions?

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-02 11:13|| 2006-07-02 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Ya just one or two. Will I get to retire before we have to go back there? That place sucks. Will we wait until they strike America first?

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-07-02 11:29|| 2006-07-02 11:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Ethiopa needs an outlet to the sea. Let them know they have our support for any measures they wish to take.

Posted by ed 2006-07-02 11:36|| 2006-07-02 11:36|| Front Page Top

#7 great. I wonder if those weapons they surrendered are ones we supplied.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-02 17:28|| 2006-07-02 17:28|| Front Page Top

#8 First off, the weapondry in the rump failed state of Somalia is all Soviet/Combloc stuff, most leftover from the wars Somalia and Ethiopia fought in the 1980s. Second, all that the Islamists control is a chunk of southern Somalia that includes Mogadishu. They have NOT taken on either Puntland or Somaliland, and you know when they do by the huge number of Islamist causulties. Both Puntland and Somalialand have a basic army that has a much higher level of training than the khat-chewer gunnies that the Islamists use. Also, Somaliland at least is getting covert Ethiopian military training, by some of the best that the Ethiopians and Israelis can provide. Israeli mercs have been operating in that general area for the past several years, with unofficial consent of the two governments. They gather intel, track problems, and provide training for the correct sides in this multi-faceted war.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-07-02 20:42|| 2006-07-02 20:42|| Front Page Top

#9 MOAB target coordinates: 02:20:15N 045:00:50E
Fifteen C-130s, protected by 40 F-18 and six EA-6B Prowler aircraft. TOT: 0227Z, any day (every day?)

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-02 20:54|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-02 20:54|| Front Page Top

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