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Africa: Horn |
Somali MPs in peacekeeper brawl |
2005-03-18 |
Somali MPs traded physical blows as parliament voted against the deployment of peacekeepers to Somalia. The president wants regional troops to help with the relocation of the administration from neighbouring Kenya, but key warlords oppose the move. Dressed in suits and ties, the MPs threw heavy chairs at each other and beat each other with sticks. Since 1991, when the government fell, rival warlords have divided Somalia into a patchwork of fiefdoms. Bleeding wounds According to the BBC's Caroline Karobia in Nairobi the scuffles began after the parliament speaker asked MPs to raise their hands in the vote. More than half of them were against sending regional troops to Somalia. "There was a big fight because the opposition was not happy with the vote," MP Abdalla Boss Ahmed told Reuters news agency. Kenya television showed footage of the brawl, with parliamentarians tending to bleeding head wounds. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 Jeez, it makes you want to send them billions of dollars so they can pocket most and flush the rest down the toilet, doesn't it? |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-03-18 2:55:10 PM |
#5 Of course there isn't any bad news from Somalias, phil_b. The US isn't involved. |
Posted by: jackal 2005-03-18 12:09:04 PM |
#4 the UN is the cause of alot of african messes |
Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-03-18 12:04:23 PM |
#3 This is a seriously crappy piece of BBC tranzi reporting. The UN's (not mentioned) plan was rejected by the presumably elected representatives. The UN supporters in response attacked the majority. The whole Somalia mess was a UN creation in the first place and that is where the blame lies, not with the 'warlords' who are tribal and regional leaders. And before someone attacks me on this, despite the dire warnings, there has been an almost complete absence of bad news out of Somalia for years. |
Posted by: phil_b 2005-03-18 6:51:10 AM |
#2 WWF tryouts in Africa? |
Posted by: Sock Puppet O’ Doom 2005-03-18 2:44:02 AM |
#1 All Chairman. I can't wait for the video. |
Posted by: Hupoluse Flinetle8846 2005-03-18 2:09:59 AM |