"Islamic forces abandon Somalia's capital," by Salad Duhul for Associated Press:
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Clan militiamen poured into the streets of Somalia's capital Thursday after the Islamic movement that has controlled Mogadishu for months abandoned the city and government forces advanced to within striking distance.
Gunfire echoed through the streets and hundreds of gunmen who had backed the Muslim militants demonstrated they had broken allegiance by switching from uniforms to civilian clothes.
... or possibly shifting gears for guerrilla warfare.
Some began looting buildings deserted by the Islamists. One resident said three men and a woman had been killed in a scramble for ammunition and food.
"We will capture Mogadishu any time within the coming hours," government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari told The Associated Press, saying the country was in a state of emergency. "We are now at the entry points of the city."
President Abdullahi Yusuf was expected to offer the clans a truce later Thursday.
Residents south of the city said Islamist forces were streaming south toward the port city of Kismayo. Yusuf Ibrahim, a former Islamic fighter who quit Thursday, said about 3,000 fighters left for Kismayo.
Islamists acknowledged they had left Mogadishu but said they were not giving up their fight. Abdirahman Janaqow, a senior leader, told The Associated Press he ordered his forces out of the capital to avoid bloodshed.
"We decided to leave Mogadishu because of the safety of the civilians," Janaqow said in a telephone interview. "We want to face our enemy and their stooges in a separate area, away from civilians."
A well-known clan leader, Hussein Haji Bod, asked people to remain calm and said elders would meet Thursday to discuss the "future of the capital." The largest market in the capital was closed for fear it would be looted.
The Council of Islamic Courts seized Mogadishu in June and went on to take much of southern Somalia, often without fighting. They were later joined by foreign militants, including Pakistanis and Arabs, who supported their goal of making Somalia an Islamic state.
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Ethiopian and Somali government troops advanced on the capital from the north and the west, capturing the country's most important airfield and driving Islamic fighters out of Jowhar, the last major town on the northern route. As troops entered Jowhar on Wednesday, an independent radio station began blasting Western music, which the militias had banned.
The commander of Ethiopian forces in Somalia, Gen. Salem Hagos, met Thursday with government commanders to discuss their next move. Col. Ahmed Omar, a Somali officer, said Ethiopian troops would stop advancing on the capital, but government forces would approach the capital.
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The competition for control of Mogadishu since 1991 has involved the Abgal and Habr Gadir clans, who came together earlier this year to support the Islamic council. Most of the shooting and looting in Mogadishu on Thursday was coming from Abgal clan strongholds.
I've heard of criminals being sentenced in abstentia, but have criminal judges ever handed down sentences in abstentia?
So much for their bold new vision of Sharia from out of the pizzieria.
Can Ethiopia do the same thing in Gaza? Unlike Israel, they don't seem to be tired of winning.
So far so good. Now they need to deport every Muslim that lives in Somalia, end Islamic immigration, secure there borders and just say "no" to jihad. Then the United States needs to look at the model and follow suit.
"President Abdullahi Yusuf was expected to offer the clans a truce later Thursday."
Non-Muslim resistance to the global jihad needs a new war doctrine - No Truce and No Prisoners.
"We decided to leave Mogadishu because of the safety of the civilians," Janaqow said in a telephone interview. "We want to face our enemy and their stooges in a separate area, away from civilians."
We all know how deeply Jihadists care about collateral damage. I expect that their colleagues in Afghanistan, Iraq and Thailand will soon follow their example.
Isabellathecrusader-
"...Now they need to deport..."
A cancer like this should not be simply displaced but ground into the dirt, oblivion, or even space itself. There is no room on the planet for this disease.
I am momentarily encouraged by the effectiveness of the Ethiopian troops but would've liked to have seen the city surrounded with no chance of escape.
-XRDC
Pelayo but it more bluntly than I.
No Truce and No Prisoners.
Amen to that.
-XRDC
"As troops entered Jowhar on Wednesday, an independent radio station began blasting Western music, which the militias had banned."
Posted by Marisol at December 28, 2006 08:23 AM
Sharif don't like it
Rockin' the casbah
Rockin' the casbah
Isabella, Somalia is almost 100% moslem. If they kicked all the moslems out, there wouldn't be anyone left.
A strong, secular government in Somalia is about the best that can be hoped for. The previous warlordism is preferable to an Islamist state, however.
Have people been following the activities at the U.N.? Apparently, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, let by Qatar, has been trying to get a Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. They couldn't get the United States to agree. :-)
Find all cadres of jihadis outside civilian areas and find as many fair-weather jihadis as possible in the civilian mix and give them their martyrdom.
"We decided to leave Mogadishu because of the safety of the civilians,"
Translation: "We got our butt kickd in Mohadishu."
Translated Translation: "Allah deserted us in Mogadishu."
Absolute Translation: "Allah is only an excuse to terrorize secular and peace-loving non-muslims".
Okay, so if Somalia is 100% Muslim then who are the clan men pouring into the streets and attacking the Islamic forces? And if we are not going to advocate deportation then the next answer is, what? Drop a nuclear bomb? Spray those retreating with machine gun fire?
If we are trying to eradicate Islam from our countries because of it's advocacy of human rights violations and totalitarian control of every aspect of human lives, then what is our goal here? We have dumb-dumb dhimmis running our governments who no longer even try to pretend that they represent what the people want. We have our military guys stuck over in shit-hole land, who are told to fight with one hand tied behind their backs and good luck getting anything of lasting value done over there. So what can we possibly hope to accomplish by letting Islamists stay in a country and be Islamists? Since the koran says you've got an obligation to fight jihad if you are a Muslim and part of that obligation is turning everybody you meet into Muslims, either by persuasion or force, then what good does it do to keep that ideology in place? So will it come down to a nuclear war to clear the place of this odious belief system. As Mel Gibson said in Braveheart, "We have beaten the English, but they'll come back, because you won't stand together." Same goes for Islamists in Somalia.
I think what we have to ask ourselves here is, how many times do we want to have to deal with these guys, because they are dangerous and constant fighting to protect one's land and country becomes very fatiguing. I'd rather find a solution up front, make an effective plan, stick to it very firmly and end this threat against humankind once and for all.
"hundreds of gunmen who had backed the Muslim militants demonstrated they had broken allegiance by switching from uniforms to civilian clothes."
Just like Afghanistan. And just like I said then, "Fight them now, or fight then later."
It's like those old RAID commercials where the big can shows up and the cockroaches scurry in every direction for cover.
The Lesson: STAND UP TO THEM AND HIT BACK HARD!
They crumble and retreat in the face of it.
How long until the left starts apologizing? I am surprised they don't apologize to the Barbary Pirates for our stopping the slave trade.
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Unless you eliminate all of them permanently, they will return.
i'm telling you, they're not beaten by a long shot. this is part of their strategy.
wait till the bombings start in adisa ababa against pregnant women and watch them put the blame on the ethiopians. THAT'S more their style.
"Islamic forces abandon Somalia's capital"
What, no women and kids for them to hide behind?
"The commander of Ethiopian forces in Somalia, Gen. Salem Hagos, met Thursday with government commanders to discuss their next move."
from the article above!
A Christian Ethiopian general now in charge of Mogadishu. Let the worm turn!
The Islamists prove they can lie just as well as Hitler when they feign concern for civilian populations!!
Whem muslim terrorists face a real military power, they retreat with their tails tucked between their legs. muslims terrorist are cowards to the core, they only gain their strenght when they kill in ambush of unarmed civilians. muslim terrorists are cowards in the face of people who have had enough of their death cult. maybe the coward muslims will crawl and die under their rocks of hell.
Taqiyyah?
You know that safety of civillians is a bunch of crap with the Islamists. I think the Islamists are trying to blend into the general population. We will see how the Somali government and Ethiopia deal with these tactics.
". I think the Islamists are trying to blend into the general population. "
..........hmmmm, well, that did work in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Gaza, India, Indonesia, the Phillipines, and elsewhere......
.......hmmmmm, and the population does not identify them or turn them in..........
genocide??? can we find another term that the MSM won't crucify those seeking peace....
"What, no women and kids for them to hide behind?"
.......well, with the cross dressing Muslims, they are having a difficult time identifying just who is a woman and just who is another Muslim on the run....with these darn burkas, you just cannot tell who is who....