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Africa Horn
War seems inevitable in Mogadishu
2007-04-08
"Seems"?
(SomaliNet) Despite the fact that a fragile truce is holding for the fifth day, both sides are still getting reinforcements and preparing for possible all out war – this creates a greater concern to residents of the capital who are fleeing in their thousands.

Somalinet witnessed that both the Ethiopian soldiers and the Islamists are getting in positions in the event of possible attack. Over the last few days, additional Ethiopian forces were pouring into the capital to reinforce already stationed soldiers while on the other side is conscripting volunteer fighters. The insurgents opposing the presence of the Ethiopian forces in the country are seen digging trenches in their strongholds in the capital.
My money's on the Aethiops in an all-out fight, and heaven help the civilians who get in the way.
Posted by:Steve White

#12  Grilled crispy.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-04-08 16:37  

#11  I predict a lot of deep-fat-fried Somalis in the near future.

I wouldn't be so sure about the deep-fat-frying part. There's a reason our troops called em "skinnies" :-)

more like African Buffalo Wings
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-08 12:18  

#10  I'm glad they're "digging trenches in their strongholds in the capital". Easy to spot, easy to cover with napalm. Ethiopia isn't as squeamish and politically correct as the US. I predict a lot of deep-fat-fried Somalis in the near future.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-04-08 12:15  

#9  Easy - at least here is King County / Washington State where the people who count the votes are lackeys of the County Executive (democrat) and Governor(democrat).

Where anyone can vote - as long as they vote Democratic.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-04-08 11:31  

#8  how the fuck can they vote if they are not citizens?
Posted by: sinse   2007-04-08 11:27  

#7  Why were they let in? They vote Dem so Clinton/Gore fast-tracked them.
Posted by: regular joe   2007-04-08 10:50  

#6  Talk to your local Somali taxi driver or security guard (they lack ambition), and you will find that they all support the terrorists. So why did we accept them as "refugees"? Bad judgment.
Posted by: Sneaze   2007-04-08 10:42  

#5  That's a shame, I hope no one gets hurt.
Posted by: regular joe   2007-04-08 10:36  

#4  Oh, and "constripting volunteer fighters? Kind of an oxymoron?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2007-04-08 10:19  

#3  War "seems" to have been the normal state of being in Mogadishu for quite some time now. Only the willfully disingenuous could say otherwise. I am sorry to say that I now think of them as orcs, and have thought so for a while. I try not to think of the enemy as subhuman (too easy to underestimate) but they keep living down to those standards.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2007-04-08 10:17  

#2  Frank G:

Yep, they are the same ones
Posted by: Sneaze   2007-04-08 09:52  

#1  the same civilians who drug our soldier's dead bodies through the town, mutilating them while whooping for joy? F*ck em
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-08 09:42  

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