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2006-06-01 Africa Horn

Somali capital calm as Islamic fighters gain the upper hand

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Posted by Fred 2006-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sources say heavily armed militia with 15 battle wagons

Did the Mighty Mo come out of retirement?

militia of Islamic courts who were said to have been using war techniques

Well, imagine that. Someone actually brought a strategy other than "spray and pray" into an African conflict?

Posted by gromky 2006-06-01 06:31|| 2006-06-01 06:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Battle wagons in the purest sense. Armoured Conestogas.

Posted by 6 2006-06-01 07:37|| 2006-06-01 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Did the Mighty Mo come out of retirement?

I'd say the neighbors to the north were lending a hand.

Posted by Pappy 2006-06-01 10:49|| 2006-06-01 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Battle Wagons: Probably the Toyota Land Cruiser of FJ-60 and FJ-62 variety. Love the LC (goes anywhere, run fo'ever w/ little maint.), but the FJ-60,62 in the V6 configuration is underpowered for such a heavy vehicle. The new 3.4 V6 would do the job though. And the new V8 is wonderful.

Now the FJ-55 Iron Pig really looks like a battle wagon. And the FJ-40,45 has the removable hard top for all kinds of options. Apparently, the latest in luxury, the 100 series, is being outfitted with combat accessories as well. And then there is the new, but terrible expensive for a Somali warlord, MegaCruiser. Or maybe some real military left a 70 behind years ago.

I'm still having trouble finding the gun mounts for my Tundra and 4Runner here in the States though. I'm thinking a TOW launcher would look good on top of the 4Runner. (More Toyota .mil vehicles)

Whoa! Sorry, I geeked-out for a moment. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programing.

Posted by psychohillbilly 2006-06-01 12:37|| 2006-06-01 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 The Afghans were given Ford F-350 Duallies as their Hummvee. You can load some serious hardware onto them.

Posted by ed 2006-06-01 12:55|| 2006-06-01 12:55|| Front Page Top

#6 What to you suppose the shelf life is for an article that has Somali, Islamic fighters, and calm all in the same headline?

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-06-01 13:24|| 2006-06-01 13:24|| Front Page Top

#7 of course, the minute the Islamic Courts militias took control, they built hospitals, daycares, raised nutrition levels, opened schools and freed the slaves, right Senator Murray?

Posted by Frank G 2006-06-01 14:39|| 2006-06-01 14:39|| Front Page Top

#8 I always had a soft spot for the 80's caprices and impalas aka the 'crip gunship'.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-06-01 15:09|| 2006-06-01 15:09|| Front Page Top

#9 JHead a firm I worked for had a fleet of 6 of the last of the big GM 350 rear-wheel drive sedans. We ran them to death, over 200,000 miles each. We were stunned at the price they brought come salvage time.

Posted by 6 2006-06-01 16:18|| 2006-06-01 16:18|| Front Page Top

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