Saturday, August 23, 2008
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somalia's southern Kismayo port was calm Saturday,
residents said, after Islamists regained control following three days
of bloody battles with militias that left over 40 people dead. Residents
of a village 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Kismayo, however,
reported fresh clashes in which several people were injured. "Kismayo
is relatively calm today (Saturday) but residents in Janayabdale
village reported new clashes in the area," said Moalim Adan Warfa, an
elder from Kismayo. 
| | Islamist insurgents hide behind a building during clashes in Mogadishu's Fagah neighborhood in 2007 |
"The remnants of the clan militias and some
of their commanders tried to cross Janayabdale where they encountered
an attack from the Islamists; several people were injured in the
clashes," said villager Hasan Muktar. In Kismayo, residents said they feared a resumption of fighting. "There was some sporadic gunfire overnight (from Friday to Saturday) but no fighting," food store owner Abdisalan Mohamud said. "The
major battle is over... but the militiamen that were dislodged by
Islamists may try their luck to regain the town," said driver Liban
Abdi, adding that he did not expect them to be successful. The Islamists retook Kismayo more than a year after being driven out by Ethiopian forces backing the Somali government. At
least 41 people died in the clashes, which began on Wednesday, and
hundreds of civilians and fighters were reported to have been injured. Ethiopian
troops rolled into Somalia, which has lacked an effective government
since 1991, in late 2006 at the request of the embattled transitional
administration. They ousted the Islamist militia which had
controlled large parts of the Horn of Africa country but the Islamists
have since reverted to guerrilla warfare and have been targeting Somali
government forces, Ethiopian troops and African Union peacekeepers
almost daily. Civilians have borne the brunt of the battles with at least 6,000 people killed in the past year alone.
SOURCE: AFP, August 23, 2008
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walee sheekadan wali ma aanan fahmin, yaa isdiley, waaxay isdabacararkan , waxay i xasuusisaa wild wild west iyo ....iihhaaaa...... cali beyseen iyo cow boys!!!!!!
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somalipeace
is it of our making that the knew kids on the bloc have let caato go just few weeks back!!!!!!where was their Islam then, on a short break I suppose!!!!!!
They had a chance to convince us then, but lived up to our expectations of them!!!!
Gaadhhaye
why don't you come up with another short sighted solution such as ONLF to your problems, once you solve that we will listen to all that you want to say!!!!
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simbe axmaaradii iyo usa aad ku booteen jirteen waad ka quusateen hada carurta dibada ku nool baad naf ka raadineeaan lol. jecliyaa. Caruurtaas kii dhaqankiisa iyo diintisa ka tago isagaaba rabin inuu somaliya ku soo laabto. Caruurta nadifta ah oo waalidkood diinta iyo dhaqankooda baray baa Somaliya ku soo laabanaayo.Kuwaasna laabashada mar horeey bilaabeen.
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Killings contenues, 80 deaths sofar in Kismayo alone keep killing each other, we will se what remains of Somali people to rule. One day Diaspora children will coming back and rebuild Somalia free from Clanism and religios fanatism and clean upp DADKA BAHALOOBEY arrest all warmongers.Waxa meesha isku dilaayaa waa dadwaalan dadkii wax garadka ahaa mor hore ayey dalkii ka tageen.
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Bare Hiiraale’s political immaturity:
1- I am against the TFG and Ethiopian troops,
2- I am against the resistance movement,
3- I am hostile to the population of the region I want to rule.
Yet I want to preside over the leadership of Jubba Region using my clansmen as guinea- pigs and tools for my political ambitions! I want to do all of that alone, stranded and in enemy and hostile territory. Imagine!
I –Gaadh-haye- am not baffled by Hiiraale’s idiocy but with his clan’s stupidity.
In this day and age in which the entire Somalia is under brutal Ethiopian occupation, they have made a tiny city their preoccupation instead of helping liberate the whole country.
But, then again, at least his clansmen are brave and nationalistic to a certain degree, and are not known Kuffaar lovers; a trait peculiar to Dhabayacos. They deserve our admiration for that matter.
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