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2006-06-13 Africa Horn

No phones, no lights, no motorcars - welcome to Sharia City

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Posted by ryuge 2006-06-13 00:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here on Mohammed's Isle.

Posted by ed 2006-06-13 00:57|| 2006-06-13 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 but there's lots of guns to keep the peace.....

even tho mo didn't have guns.....

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-06-13 01:57|| 2006-06-13 01:57|| Front Page Top

#3 No phone, no food, no pets,
I ain't got no cigarettes...

/RogerMiller

Posted by flyover 2006-06-13 03:26|| 2006-06-13 03:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "The courts have closed cinemas accused of showing immoral films and made celebrating New Year a capital offence"

I wonder if Snuff films are still allowed. Crazy people. They had a problem with criminals and people are enjoying themselves, so Sharia is the answer. Where's the logic?

This religion seems to thrive on poverty and pain. If there isn't, create it and use religion to solve it.

Posted by Delphi2005 2006-06-13 08:55|| 2006-06-13 08:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Editorial comment at the beginning of the article. Note that the editor states US backing as a fact:
The man who drove US-backed warlords out of Mogadishu says he has no desire for an Islamic state
From the body of the article. US backing is presumed but not confirmed.
Washington is widely believed to have been backing the warlords to check the spread of the Sharia courts and the alleged influence of al-Qaeda.
This must be one of those checks and balances that the MSM is always talking about. The editor checked the story, it didn't match his prejudices, so he balanced it with his own personal viewpoint.
This is the money quote:
Please forgive my lateness, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed says politely. He has spent the morning accepting donations of rice, sugar and cooking oil from local businessmen.
I wonder how many goons accompanied the esteemed Sheikh during his rounds? While at first glance, staple foodstuffs might seem pretty mundane, remember that people are starving in Somalia. Food is a weapon, too.

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-13 09:16|| 2006-06-13 09:16|| Front Page Top

#6 pimf

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-13 09:17|| 2006-06-13 09:17|| Front Page Top

#7 No toilet paper

Posted by Captain America 2006-06-13 10:32|| 2006-06-13 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Who needs toilet paper when you have the 'dirty hand'?

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-13 12:00|| 2006-06-13 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Grim. It sounds as if they have traded a headache for a stomach ache.

Posted by JohnQ 2006-06-13 12:15|| 2006-06-13 12:15|| Front Page Top

#10 No toilet paper ? Why do you think we call them leftists ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-13 13:52|| 2006-06-13 13:52|| Front Page Top

#11 LOL wxjames . . . I dare Leno or Letterman to steal that one.

Posted by ryuge 2006-06-13 19:29|| 2006-06-13 19:29|| Front Page Top

#12 At Mogadishus Peace Hotel weddings used to finish with hundreds of people dancing in the car park, but no longer. The Islamic courts have told us there can be no pop music, says a waiter. Its very sad. We all hope that things are not going to be like Afghanistan.

Guess what? Ya idjits. You're lucky if your African warlords et al don't come up with something that makes the Taleban look like drooling libertines. Remember that recent polio outbreak? Remember those murderous riots over that swimsuit competition? You're just a safety switch away from insanity.

Personally, I no longer care how many African people die so long as the warlords finally die with them. Like much of the Middle East, these cultures will have to shed the mantle of tribalism before they'll ever be able to step upon the world stage. Keep the tribalism and they will remain the backwater sh!tholes they've always been. I hope that AIDS kills enough of these infidelitous macho-meathead African males to where either their women or more enlightened surviving males will finally be able to estabish some sort of viable society.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-13 21:31|| 2006-06-13 21:31|| Front Page Top

#13 Ummm, maybe I should comment that AIDS kills women too.

And further comment that if you want to exterminate any species you need only concentrate on eliminating the species females and leave the males to die out when no mates can be found.

Harsh? Yes,
Truthful? Yes,
Gonna happen? Hell no.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-06-13 21:52|| 2006-06-13 21:52|| Front Page Top

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