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2007-01-01 Africa Horn

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Africa is big. I play WWII wargames, and the setup for Ethiopia/Somalia/Sudan takes as much space as all of the USSR east of the Urals.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-01-01 08:25|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-01-01 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Campaign for North Africa, Jackal?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-01-01 18:44|| 2007-01-01 18:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Bill Roggio: Mutinies, defections in the Islamic Courts after a brief battle north of Kismayo

The remnants of the Islamic Courts army and its leadership have fled Kismayo for the island of Ras Kamboni

Posted by 3dc 2007-01-01 19:19|| 2007-01-01 19:19|| Front Page Top

#4 another useful quote from Bill's story:

The Islamic Court's decision to muster its forces in the south is a curious one. The leadership essentially decided to hem itself into a narrow corridor with the Indian Ocean to the east and the Kenyan border to the west and south, and the Ethiopian and TFG forces to the north.

"They first thought they could escape to Kenya because the ethnic Somalis in Kenya were sympathetic to them, but the Kenyan government immediately closed its border. Then they thought they could flee by taking boats to Eritrea but the American warships blocked that escape route,"

Posted by 3dc 2007-01-01 19:26|| 2007-01-01 19:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, the various Europa games.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-01-01 19:47|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-01-01 19:47|| Front Page Top

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