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2006-06-06 Africa Horn

Somali warlords on the run in the wake of the fall of Mogadishu

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-06-06 00:33|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...a major setback...

Typical NYT hyperbole. I'm not losing any sleep over the previous tenants, and I doubt if GWB is either. In fact, now that AQ types are in control I hope he feels free to send 'em a JDAM or Hellfire postcard from time to time...

Posted by PBMcL 2006-06-06 01:51|| 2006-06-06 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Well no worries, Somalia wasnt exactly not a terrorist safehaven before this battle.. or the last 15 years...

Posted by bgrebel 2006-06-06 06:04|| 2006-06-06 06:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Warlords . . . Islamofascists . . . who do I root for?

Posted by Mike 2006-06-06 07:49|| 2006-06-06 07:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Whoever is the loosing side at the time, Mike.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-06-06 09:47|| 2006-06-06 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 It's just a pity they both can't lose...

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-06-06 10:08|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2006-06-06 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Not a peep out of Italy through all this.
Curious.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-06 10:57|| 2006-06-06 10:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, we know who won. Now flatten the place...

Posted by tu3031 2006-06-06 11:38|| 2006-06-06 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 dan,

what we more do we know about these islamic courts guys?

1. Are they salafists? where on the Sunni spectrum do they fall?
2. what links to AQ are there? Do all of them have said links, or just a faction?
3. What are there plans for Sharia? garden variety family law, of cutting off hands, state imposed veils, etc, etc

In other words, apart from the parallels in how theyve come to power, how much like the Taliban are they really?

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-06 12:00|| 2006-06-06 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 should be "or cutting off"

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

#10 On the freedom scale, the women should achieve a zero, the men a four with perks (little girls and goats).

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-06 13:19|| 2006-06-06 13:19|| Front Page Top

#11 And the goats a seven.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-06 13:20|| 2006-06-06 13:20|| Front Page Top

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