Sharia rule returning to Somalia? "Somali rebels 'pour into Mogadishu,'" from the BBC, February 10:
Hundreds of Somali insurgents loyal to Islamist group al-Shabab have poured into Mogadishu with artillery and trucks, witnesses say.Residents have been fleeing the capital for days amid a widespread belief that the rebels and government forces are on the cusp of a serious showdown.
Meanwhile, at least 16 people were reported killed in skirmishes that have become almost daily in the city.
Insurgents already control much of Mogadishu and southern Somalia....
Residents have been fleeing the capital for days ...
Minneapolis or bust.
They come to spread Islamic love...
http://debka.com/article/8599/
Ethiopian Airline crash off Beirut was an act of Al-Qaeda terror
Evidence has reached debkafile's counter-terror sources that the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed after takeoff from Beirut on January 25, killing all 92 aboard, was blown up in mid-air.
This was an al-Qaeda operation timed for one month to the day after its failed attempt to destroy an American Northwest airliner bound for Detroit.
It is becoming clear that either a bomb was planted on the Ethiopian flight with a timer or a passenger acted as suicide bomber.
Western security agencies in the Middle East involved in combating al Qaeda believe that its planners picked on the Ethiopian flight for more than one reason apart from the date: They had been tipped off that a group of French undercover agents, including Maria Sanchez Pietton, wife of the French ambassador to Beirut, and top Hizballah operatives, including secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, would be aboard.
Mme Pietton lost her life in the crash, while the Hizballah travelers were saved by switching to another flight at the last minute.
The first bodies recovered from the Mediterranean off the Lebanese town of Naama showed all the hallmarks of explosion victims: They were found strapped to their seats with their heads, hands and feet blown off and scattered, typical effects of an explosive blast.
Eye-witnesses at the time heard a loud explosion and saw the plane enveloped in a ball of fire as it gained altitude after takeoff from Beirut international airport.
Both France and Hizballah have denied they were targets.
Lebanese officials, led by prime minister Saad Hariri, have spent two weeks trying to hide the fact that the Ethiopian airline disaster was caused by terror. But Lebanese health minister Jawad Khalifeh gave the game away by a slip of the tongue Tuesday, Feb. 9: “The plane exploded during flight and the cabin, as well as the bodies of those on board, were dispersed into the sea, in different locations,” he said, trying to explain why some of the corpses were found dismembered.
Think a reason could be found to wipe Mogadishu off the map? Hell, forget a reason. Do it anyway. After all, the only really good radical Muslim is a dead radical Muslim and there are a lot of them right now in that sorry-ass excuse for a capital in Somalia.
BTW, thanks, Yankel, for the info you provided above respecting the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy, which, of course, would also be an act of war (N.B., those in the Obama Administration) and not just a criminal action if al-Qaeda or any Islamic terrorist group was behind it.
A bit Off Topic:
Has anyone picked up what may be occurring in Iran yet?
Time wise it should be February 11th there and they are promising something big and shocking for the US and Western world on this anniversary date.
Or is it once again more just more bluster coming from the Mullahocracy?
Well it's 4:30 am in Tehran, http://24timezones.com/world_directory/current_tehran_time.php , so I guess the Mahdi hasn't awakened, yet.
Yankel wrote:
Ethiopian Airline crash off Beirut was an act of Al-Qaeda terror
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Thank you for posting this, Yankel. I had wondered at the time whether this was just poor maintenance, or an act of Jihad terror. I am horrified, but not surprised.
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Julien,
Merci beaucoup por JW en Française!
(I hope I didn't misspell anything here—I'm sure your hard work will be much appreciated by Francophone Jihad Watchers!)