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| Islamic militia used new tactics to win Mogadishu |
| 2006-06-08 |
| By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI, June 7 (Rooters)- Islamic militias captured Mogadishu -- an anarchic city no single group could control for 15 years -- because of superior training, popular support and religious motivation, experts said on Wednesday. The Islamic fighters, who fought an alliance of warlords widely believed to have been funded as part of the United States' counter-terrorism war, were also getting external assistance, according to a U.N. report. The militia transformed the face of warfare on Mogadishu's battle-scarred streets, shifting away from the traditional haphazard, frenzied attacks made famous by the book and movie "Black Hawk Down". |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #7 Means they are getting outside help. Take your pick of countries. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-06-08 11:14 |
| #6 Now, in the coming decades, they're going to introduce running water. |
| Posted by: Grealing Claling5844 2006-06-08 09:26 |
| #5 The heroic Lions of Islam marched triumphantly into the grand streets of the great City Mogadishu, as the jubilant crowds line the streets and cheered......aw shit....sorry, wrong war. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-08 09:25 |
| #4 So they won Mogadishu, ya say? Wotta prize! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-08 08:52 |
| #3 So, by "superior training", they mean they didn't stick their guns around the corner and shoot them one-handed? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-06-08 07:15 |
| #2 Well, this IS a rooters analysis. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-08 07:13 |
| #1 Islamic militias captured Mogadishu -- an anarchic city no single group could control for 15 years -- because of superior training, popular support and religious motivation, experts said on Wednesday. Oh, heavens! They're unstoppable! Just like the Nazis! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-06-08 07:07 |