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Ethiopian Atrocities in Somalia
Ethiopia's Invisible War Crimes
Now read the Zionist MSM garbage!
"Fighting kills 30 in Somali capital; 7 in one family are among dead; insurgents gain" by Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press | September 23, 2008
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's warring sides pounded the capital with mortar rounds and gunfire yesterday, killing 30 people - including seven members of one family - as Islamic insurgents who want to topple the government gain significant power.
The U.S. is LOSING ALL AROUND the WORLD -- just as prophecy predicted!!!!
Yesterday's fighting pitted insurgents against government forces and their Ethiopian allies, who come under regular attack in Mogadishu, one of the most violent cities in the world. The violence left bodies in city streets. When the blasts calmed, young men ventured out to transport the gravely wounded to hospitals in rickety wheelbarrows.
"There is blood everywhere, and human flesh on the walls," Abshir Mohamed Ali, a shop owner at Bakara market, where much of the fighting was centered, told the Associated Press.
The fighting began after Islamic insurgents fired mortars at the capital's main airport and the presidential palace, said Ali Mohamed Siyad, who chairs Bakara market traders' association. Soon after, government forces and their Ethiopian allies retaliated with mortars and gunfire.
Yup, it is always the SAME OLD SHIT in the Zionist-controlled, Muslim-hating, agenda-pushing, AmeriKan MSM!!!
In the past, government officials have suspected insurgents use Bakara market as a base.
Islamic militants with ties to Al Qaeda have been fighting the government and its Ethiopian allies for control since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks, the Islamists launched an Iraq-style insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians to date.
What a SHIT BACKGROUND PARAGRAPH!!!!!!!!!!!
Al-CIA-Duh, huh?
Yeah, and NEVER MIND those ETHIOPIAN WAR CRIMES!!!!!
Watch, U.S. will be missiling this place soon!!!!
In recent weeks, the militants appear to be gaining strength and sidelining the fragile government.
God, good!!!!!!
The group, known as the Council of Islamic Courts, has taken over the port town of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, and dismantled progovernment roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.
"We keep recruiting new fighters to prepare them for the holy war against Ethiopian troops in our country and their Somali stooges," said Sheik Muhumed, a commander with al-Shabab, the group's military wing.
The United States considers al-Shabab a terrorist group, raising fears Somalia could become a haven for Al Qaeda . The Western-backed Somali government, meanwhile, has failed to deliver any basic services and comes under daily attack. The administration had no immediate comment on yesterday's bloodshed.
Yup, they WORK FOR US then!!!!! See Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S.!
Among the dead in yesterday's attacks were seven members of one family - a mother, grandmother, four children and an uncle - when a mortar round landed near their home. The one survivor was a 2-year-old boy who escaped with minor injuries.
They must have been KILLED by the GOVERNMENT, otherwise, the Zionist MSM would have front-loaded this atrocity!
"This boy will remain a reminder of this sad story," said Safiya Mohamed Dahir, the children's uncle. He said the eldest child, a 12-year-old girl, had amassed years of heartbreaking knowledge growing up in Mogadishu.
"One thing I will always remember is how she could tell the difference between the sounds of gunfire, bombs and mortars, at her young age," Dahir said. "She would yell, 'Explosion! Mortar! And gunfire!' And now she's gone."--more--"
