Somalia Jihad Update. "Islamist Fighters Seize Central Somali Town," from Voice of America:
Witnesses say Islamist fighters have taken over a town in central Somalia after a brief battle with government troops.
Residents of Bulo-Burde, a town in Somalia's Hiran region, say the heavily armed fighters entered the town on Saturday and attacked government forces.
They say the government troops withdrew and that the offices of the local authorites were looted, although it was not clear who did the looting. Reuters news agency quotes a Hiran region official, Yusuf Ahmed Hagar, as saying the government will re-take the town.
Hard-line Islamists seized control of much of central and southern Somalia last year before being ousted by government soldiers and allied Ethiopian troops.
In Mogadishu, an Islamist-led insurgency that erupted in January continued Sunday as government troops clashed with insurgents at the Bakara market.
The more things change [with Islam], the more they stay the same. The Ethiopians withdrew, setting the table for the Islamist's return in Somalia, who actually never coceded that fight in the first place.
This routine of the Islamists is so predictable and so outlandish, I find it hard pressed that its revelation is reduced to a late-night posting by Marisol here at JW.
The war is on, and has been for quite some time.
Thank you Marisol, for keeping us informed.
Thanks, awake. My pleasure.
I'm a night owl, so this is just naturally a good time for me to post (as long as I don't have to be up too early the next day). And I figure it gives fellow night owls and those in later time zones across the pond something new for the overnight hours in the U.S.
...The people in these Somali towns do not seem to care who is in charge...they fight neither the Ethiopians nor the Islamic gangs...You would think if they favored the removal of the Islamic gangs that they would support anyone who came to remove them....by not doing so infers they are indifferent....
.....centuries of Islamic violence and coersion had diminished their capacity to resist....it is a clue that we must Ban Muslim Immigration...
If we have a massive airdrop of teddy bears with "Mohammed" embroidered on them, will they retreat?
Or will we have to resort to more Danish cartoons?
Imagine the plight of the Inactivist Moslem townspeople there, crushed under the jackboots of the Activists Moslems.
Let's bring them all to Minnesota and set them up in a wealthy suburb in Section 8 housing with MedicAid healthcare (free clitoridectomies included) and SBA funding and AFDC welfare for 3 of Ahmed's 4 wives and free tuition and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Conner-sponsored racial discrimination in the poor Somali immigrant's favor and...
The DFL (Democratic) party already gets 100% of the Moslem vote, so several hundred thousand Somalis in the Twin Cities would be a big boon to socialism, to the social worker employment market, and, above all, to cultural diversity.
Ya beat me to it Pig Farmer.
From the article:
I hope they set aside one fifth for Allah, Mohmammad, and his near relatives.
Qur’an 8:40 “If people are obstinate, and refuse to surrender, know that Allah is your Supporter. And know that one fifth of all the booty you take belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and for the near relatives (of the Messenger).”
MarisolJW said
I think it would be interesting to see the breakdown on which countries JW/DW traffic comes from (which is available based on IP addresses).
If there are any websites and blogs devoted to the current situation in Somalia, please post links to them on JW. That way, people who are worried by the current situation in Somalia can still receive news of what is happening there.