Somalia Jihad Update. "Death toll rises after attacks in Somalia," by Rob Crilly for the Irish Times, September 25:
SOMALIA: Islamist insurgents have launched a series of deadly attacks on African peacekeepers in the Somali capital as they made good on their promise of increased bloodshed during the holy month of Ramadan.
Witnesses said at least 11 civilians were killed after gunmen attacked an African Union (AU) base on Tuesday. Peacekeepers responded with tank and artillery fire.
In all, some 42 people are believed to have died during a fresh round of violence in Mogadishu this week as peacekeepers find themselves targeted by Islamist groups which are growing in confidence.
The Mujahideens of Raskamboni said it was responsible for the attack. "It was a retaliatory attack against the African forces and it was the heaviest ever waged against them," the group's spokesman said.
Analysts believe it is an attempt to deter any further international interference in Somalia, where 3,000 African troops have struggled to make any difference so far.
It has made for a bloody month, even by Somalia's warped standards. Fartun Moalim Yusuf, whose sister was among the fatalities, said: "It was a horrible moment. We escaped from our house to hide in a concrete building nearby but unfortunately that did not save her. She was torn to pieces with five other civilians."
Insurgents have registered a string of recent successes against a feeble interim government and their Ethiopian backers. In recent weeks, they have changed tactics, replacing their usual hit-and-run strikes with sustained pressure.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, Robert:
it should be noted that Ramadan is not one of the “sacred months” when there is to be no fighting. I believe they are Dhu-Qa‘da, Dhul-Hijja, Muharram and Rajab.
And translated, which months are those?
From the article's first sentence:
"...as they made good on their promise of increased bloodshed during the holy month of Ramadan."
I laughed as I read that and thought, "Sounds like an article in The Onion." Then I remembered this:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54112
This is the only "promise" islamofacists can keep.
More bloodshed, death and poverty to one of the poorest, most wrecthed places on the planet. I seriously doubt the Ethiopian peace keepers will be able to hold out much longer against this swarm
of coming death. As usual, the civilians pay the highest price for just living there.
Why anybody would waste a dime or a bullet on that place is beyond me. The whole country is a total wasteland of Islamosavages. Let their Muslim brothers, with truck loads of petrodollars, save them.
"...We escaped from our house to hide ...."
sooner or later you must stand up and fight...or bite the bullet and submit...
It is better to fight...
Let this be a lesson: the only "peacekeepers" that should be established in a Muslim country are other Muslims. If they want to kill one another then let them, but absolutely no citizen from the West should be put in the center of jihad. Muslims should be required to police themselves.
The U.N. should be relocated to Somalia.
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