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2006-05-12 Africa Horn

Clashes in Somali capital kill 135 civilians

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the latest causality figure

Causality and Somalia?... How long you got?

Posted by Howard UK 2006-05-12 06:45|| 2006-05-12 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 They use the AA as artillery. Nice, big rounds, lotsa boom, not a lot of accuracy on a level trajectory.
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Posted by 6 2006-05-12 07:32|| 2006-05-12 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 ....Yes, excuse me please, I am looking for a book entitled "Contemporary Africa, The Rule of Law in Civilized Society." I'm sorry sir that book has yet to be written.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-12 08:01|| 2006-05-12 08:01|| Front Page Top

#4 How bout we declare a "Somalia free news zone" for at least one week? Even the word "Somalia" bores me to sh*t.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-12 09:51|| 2006-05-12 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Would I be rude to point out that Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart probably accounted for more deaths than this just by themselves?

I'm just saying...

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-05-12 10:03|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2006-05-12 10:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Too bad Gordon Shughart had to die for these worthless pieces of kak. Somalia and Africa like the Titanic, are lost. No hope of salvage.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-12 10:06|| 2006-05-12 10:06|| Front Page Top

#7 1. Somalia is a failed state, where there has been significant AQ activity, and certainly coalition Spec Ops activity. Whats happening there is as an topic as anything.

2. While Africa has lots of problems, and few bright spots (and they have a nasty tendency not to stay bright - take Ivory Coast, for ex) there arent too many countries even there quite like Somalia

3. Even Somalia has some bright spots - they just dont want to stay part of Somalia. Look at Puntland and Somaliland.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2006-05-12 10:31|| 2006-05-12 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes, I suppose if one roots in the stable dung-heap long enough, one eventually may find a pony.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-05-12 10:49|| 2006-05-12 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Yahoo news reported that the UN said that the Lions of Islam(tm), as opposed to the Warlords(tm), were winning a couple of days ago.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-05-12 12:39|| 2006-05-12 12:39|| Front Page Top

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