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Africa: Horn

Clan Fighting in Somalia Kills 20

2005-07-25

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Fighters from rival clans battled for control of a town in southern Somalia, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 30, witnesses said Saturday.

Fighting in Ealwaq began late Friday when militiamen from a faction of the Darod clan attacked in an effort to recapture the town, more than six weeks after they were pushed out by fighters from the rival Hawiye clan. Fighting subsided early Saturday, but it was unclear which faction controlled Ealwaq town, 275 miles west of the capital Mogadishu, near the Kenyan border, said town resident Dahir Nuur.

Combatants torched nearly 50 thatched huts, Nuur said via VHF radio. Health workers in the town confirmed Nuur's account of the fighting.

Posted by:Steve White

#10 Somalia = Haiti with leadership

Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-25 19:01

#9 Haiti = West Somalia.

Posted by: Steve White 2005-07-25 12:48

#8 Somalia = East Haiti.

Posted by: Raj 2005-07-25 11:14

#7 We tried to help them in the 1990's. GHWB authorized the relief mission in December, 1992 that continued into early 1993. It was quite successful in stopping the gunplay and managed to feed a number of people. Then our dear friends the UN got involved and promptly hosed it up. We had Pakiwaki peace keepers that were too chicken to venture from their compound, and when they did they got slaughtered by different clans. It was Aidid's clan that was making a power play, and because the then UN Sec-Gen (Boutros Boutros Galli) hated Aidid, he asked Clinton to put US forces back in to help clean the place out. We did, and Black Hawk Down was a part of what happened next. We had Aidid beat but Clinton chickened out and pulled our troops.

And Al-Qaeda was there in 1993, quietly organizing and training locals, and assessing whether Somalia was a place to set up shop (they settled on Sudan instead).

Posted by: Steve White 2005-07-25 10:42

#6 Naw smn ... let them kill themselves like animals because the recent history of the place formerly known as "Somalia" is repleat with ignorance, violence, tribal BS, and an inability to even begin to help themselves ... we, in conjunction with other nations, made a misguided effort to help them ... what a waste that was ... we needn't kill any of them or drag em around and put em in a ditch ... they do enough of it all on their own ... Oh, and SMN ... the lives of the gun toting thugs there in the place formerly known as somalia (now simply thugland) have NO value whatsoever ... Your understand that? NONE ... the innocents' lives do have value but sure as hell not as much as I'd place on the lives of my fellow countrymen you nasty little ignorant nutter.

Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-07-25 09:45

#5 (whispered to self)
Twang?

Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-25 07:40

#4 That was a silly statement, smn. We tried to help them in the 80s -- you do remember Black Hawk Down. And they've had meetings and elections, but still the warlords and the tribal leaders (pretty much two overlapping sets, as far as I can tell) meet up for a little light -- or heavy -- killing at regular, and short, intervals. All indications are that they will keep on killing one another, and all the noncombatants who cross their paths, until there isn't anyone left. At which time the Ethiopians or the Sudanese Arabs or someone else will move in to the empty territory.

Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-25 05:53

#3 Lol. What would you like me to say, smn? That you're retarded? That you're a fool? That you're quite a pathetic troll? You are all of those - and so much more. I've got 3 seconds to spare, tell me what you actually know about Somalia, asshole. If Somalia ceased to exist, I would feel no twang of pain. You, on the other hand, are a twang.

Fuckwit.

Posted by: .com 2005-07-25 02:54

#2 Right On, .Com...and let me add, drag those 20 through the streets? Nope, fling 'em in a ditch and cover 'em up. Their life is not as valuable as ours!!

Posted by: smn 2005-07-25 02:45

#1 Sounds like a normal weekend Somali market outing, to me. They should do it far more often, inviting all their friends and neighbors to join the fun.

Posted by: .com 2005-07-25 01:38

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