For more, go to my Somalia labels, click on every link, and spend the day.
But the MSM is only lying and obfuscating on Somalia.
But before that, watch this gruesome footage from the blogs:
"Dozens Killed in Clashes in Somalia
Next stop in America’s war on the world
After weeks of absences, all of a sudden?
"Mogadishu police chief among at least 17 killed in clashes; Somalis seek shelter from mortar attacks" by Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press | June 18, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu yesterday, triggering battles that killed at least 17 people, including the capital’s police chief, according to witnesses and officials.
Residents cowered in their homes or took cover behind buildings as mortars slammed into the city. Islamist fighters wearing headscarves and ammunition belts draped over their shoulders were seen arriving from the outskirts of the capital.
The government controls only a few blocks of Mogadishu with the help of an African Union peacekeeping force that guards the air and sea ports and other key government installations. Different Islamic insurgent groups control the rest of Mogadishu, and their goal is to topple Somalia’s Western-backed government and install a strict Islamic state.
I'm tired of the distorted lies, etc.
“A mortar landed on a neighbor’s house and killed two people and injured four others,’’ witness Abdiwali Dahir said from one of the two areas of southern Mogadishu where the fighting was underway....
Another witness, Farah Abdi, said he saw five corpses lying in the capital’s streets. Speaking in a telephone interview as the sound of heavy gunfire echoed in the background, Abdi said three of the victims were civilians and that the two others appeared to be an Islamist fighter and a government soldier.
An administrator at Mogadishu’s Medina Hospital, Ali Ade, said it had received 39 wounded people, with three of them dying. In another part of southern Mogadishu, an Associated Press reporter saw six bodies lying in a street outside a home that had been hit by a mortar. A grieving woman identified one of the victims as her son.
Oh!
One resident, Asha Moalim, said, “We are ducking inside our rooms.’’
The fighting was occurring after a surge of violence in Somalia’s capital in May had killed about 200 people as insurgents battled the government and its allies. The United Nations says the conflict has displaced more than 122,000 people.
You getting that afterthought feeling.
--more--""Suicide car bombing kills at least 23 at Somali hotel; Security minister was main target of militant’s blast" by Edmund Sanders and Lutfi Sheriff Mohammed, Los Angeles Times | June 19, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Islamic insurgents killed Somalia’s top security minister and at least 22 other people yesterday in a suicide car-bomb attack at a hotel frequented by government officials.
Already el-stinkola!
The attack, which followed the killing a day earlier of Mogadishu’s police chief during skirmishes in the capital, was the latest violence in a two-month battle for control of the Horn of Africa nation. Government soldiers are fighting insurgents seeking to install an Islamic state.
The STORY NEVER CHANGES even thought the REALITY DOES!
It is what is called PROPAGANDA!!!
National Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden had been leading a recent government offensive against militants in Mogadishu and other parts of the country, successfully recapturing districts that had fallen to insurgents.
So OUR "Al-CIA-Duh" guys KILLED HIM!!!!
You can SEE like ME now, right, WORLD!!!!!
He was meeting with other government officials and clan elders in the central Somalia town of Beledweyne, about 200 miles north of Mogadishu and near the Ethiopian border, when the attacked occurred.
Related: Slow Saturday Special: Ethiopia Reinvades Somalia
Somalia’s president, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, said the car bombing was evidence that international terrorists were trying to establish a beachhead in Somalia.
Yes, and they are called "Al-CIA-Duh" for a GOOD REASON!!!!
“Somalia has been invaded by Al Qaeda, which wants to make a hide-out inside Somalia,’’ Ahmed said. “Day after day, many foreign people arrive in Somalia. I call on the international community to support us so we can eliminate these terrorists together.’’
You see, the ISLAMIC GUYS KNOW WHO "Al-CIA-Duh" is; the only ones who don't are are the anaesthitized and brainwashed AmeriKan public.
The government and UN officials say at least 200 foreign fighters from Yemen, Pakistan, and other nations have entered Somalia to assist the hard-line Islamic militia al-Shabab, which has pledged its allegiance to Al Qaeda.
Have you had enough?
In a telephone news conference yesterday, a Shabab spokesman acknowledged responsibility for the attack in Beledweyne.
Of course he did!
“One of our holy warriors used a car laden with explosives to enter the building where the apostate and other members from his group were meeting,’’ said Shabab spokesman Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage.
His militia accuses Ethiopia of sending soldiers over the border in recent weeks to bolster the Somali government. Ethiopian government officials denied the allegations. In 2006, Ethiopia’s army helped the Somali government topple an Islamic regime that had seized control of Mogadishu.
Look at HOW SANITIZED the AGENDA-PUSHING PRESS treats the ETHIOPIAN INVASION and WAR CRIMES as well as the CURRENT REALITY (the new government is the one they vanquished) -- never mind IGNORING the MILLIONS of STARVING and DISPLACED REFUGEES!
It is the PAPER that is RACIST!!!!
A Western diplomat in Kenya downplayed Shabab’s Al Qaeda connections, saying the foreign fighters entering Somalia do not appear to be well-trained.
Yeah, you don't want to look to closely at "Al-CIA-Duh"; you might not like what you find. Can't be much of a threat then, right?
But the diplomat, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity, said the international community should move quickly to support the government. “The [government] is the only game in town,’’ the diplomat said. “Now is the time to go all-in.’’
You know what that means, right? INVASION!!!!!!!
The United States has provided about $1 million in aid to the government over the past six months, but Somali officials say they need more to train and arm soldiers.
I'm wondering why we deposed the Islamic peacebringers in 2006 then -- and CAN YOU AFFORD THAT COST, America?
For A SITUTION YOU are CREATING?
Both the government and insurgents say they have gained the upper hand in the fighting, but witnesses and analysts say the recent battles appear to have done little to tilt the balance of power. In one case, soldiers and insurgents traded control of one Mogadishu police station twice in less than 24 hours.
That might be the whole point: keep the country in chaos, eliminate a bunch of black people, and serve it up when the agenda calls for it (and send a few missiles in fom time to time).
Civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence. As many as 250 people have died since May, according to local estimates. In addition, about 120,000 people have been displaced by the current fighting, the UN refugee agency said. Many of those people had only returned to Mogadishu at the beginning of the year, when it appeared a transitional government would restore security.
As always, they are UNDERSTATING the SUFFERING of the CIVILIANS and MUCYING UP the REALITY!
Andrea Pattison, a spokeswoman for Oxfam, which helps provide water and services to the displaced: “The recent fighting has had an enormous impact on the humanitarian needs in Somalia... People on the ground are suffering from the worst fighting they’ve seen in a decade.’’
And THAT is WHO I CARE ABOUT!!
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You know, like THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's cabinet declared a state of emergency on Saturday and the parliament speaker asked neighboring countries to send troops to help the government within the next 24 hours as fighting intensified in the capital....
Al Shaabab insurgents stepped up an offensive against Somalia's government last month and on Thursday killed the country's security minister and at least 30 other people in a suicide car bomb attack. They also killed an MP in northern Mogadishu on Friday....
Think of it as "helping" the Somalis.
Residents in the central areas of the Horn of Africa country reported on Saturday seeing Ethiopian troops in Somalia.
Which means the Ethiopian government is a lying sack of s*** -- and it conviently can be dismissed because the charges are from "terrorists," right?
Kenya said on Friday it would not sit by and allow the situation in its neighbor to deteriorate further because it would destabilize the region. Kenya and other countries in the region as well as Western nations fear that if the chaos continues in Somalia, groups with links to al Qaeda will become entrenched and threaten the stability of neighboring countries.
Kenya said on Friday the African Union was committed to beefing up its 4,300-strong peacekeeping mission in Somalia and helping to build a police force. But an al Shaabab spokesman warned it against any intervention....
Fighting in Mogadishu since May 7, in which about 300 people have been killed, is the worst for years and the chances of a negotiated peace are waning, analysts say. In 2006, Ethiopia sent troops to Somalia to defend the government against Islamists. They withdrew earlier this year but local media has reported that villagers have seen them back on Somali soil....
The distortions, obfuscations and lies are so prevalent I'm just repeating myself.
Islamists in Elberdi town in Bakol region said troops had also crossed into Somalia but that they would fight them back. "Ethiopians crossed the border and they are now in Elberdi and we are ready to fight with them. We will give them a similar lesson to the one we gave them in the past," Sheik Hassan Moalim, head of al Shaabab's military operations in Bakol, told Reuters.
As would ANY INDIGENOUS SOMALI if you know the most RUDIMENTARY KNOWLEDGE of the area!
And I swear these articles are written and placed as they are so the Sunday eliter looks at his racist Zionist War Daily and says 'those black people can't rule themselves, can they?"
They COULD if WE STOP SCREWING AROUND in THEIR COUNTRY!!!
"Somalia pleads for outside help; Parliament wants foreign troops to battle insurgents" by Associated Press | June 21, 2009
A civilian wounded during fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, was rushed to a hospital yesterday. (Mohamed Sheikh Nor/ Associated Press)
Men, women, children -- all I see are unique and beautiful individuals with their own hopes and dreams.
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali lawmakers pleaded yesterday for international military intervention within 24 hours to help fight Islamic insurgents in the lawless African nation, where fierce fighting has resumed in the capital.
They are BEGGING the WORLD to CALL OUT this s***!!!
And the WORLD? HELLO!!!!!!!
A suicide attack in western Somalia killed the country’s national security minister and four other government officials Thursday. And battles between rebels and government troops have left at least 10 people dead in Mogadishu since Friday, witnesses said.
The fighting also forced Parliament to meet in the presidential palace yesterday rather than its usual venue. “We have, as a parliament, decided to ask the regional governments - like Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti - as well as the international community to intervene militarily in Somalia within 24 hours to help the Somali nation,’’ said Parliament speaker Sheik Adam Mohamed Nor.
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, who is also a member of parliament, did not take part but it was not clear why. There was no immediate indication whether Somalia’s neighbors would answer Parliament’s plea for foreign troops. There is already an African Union force in Mogadishu, but its mandate is restricted to guarding government officials and installations.
Why not TELL the TRUTH about THAT GUY?
Two years ago, Ethiopia deployed troops to support Somalia’s fragile, Western-backed government, but they were widely unpopular and were finally withdrawn in January after the election of the new president.
Yeah, that's how EVERYONE FEELS about FOREIGN OCCUPATIONS!
Imagine that.
Last month Ethiopia sent troops to the border regions of Somalia.
AND OVER? Why the OMISSION when YOU YOURSELF reported it on a Slow Saturday, MSM?
A surge in violence in May, which diplomats said was a major push by the insurgents to force the government out of its Mogadishu strongholds, killed nearly 200 civilians. Nearly 126,000 people have fled their homes since May 7, according to the UN refugee agency. The violence in May went on for about two weeks, but despite reduced fighting, Mogadishu residents continue to flee their homes.
Not only do you get tired of the sloppy writing style called "journalism", the heart shatters.
The United Nations says an estimated 3.2 million Somalis - almost half the population - need food and other aid.
Oh, I SEE!! The SUFFERING of SOMALIS gets ONE SENTENCE!!!!!
The attack that killed the government officials on Thursday also killed 31 other people, a hospital official there said. The extremist Islamic group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for that attack.
It is just the SAME OLD S*** SHOVEL, ain't it? Sigh.
Somalia’s president had blamed Al Qaeda. Counterterrorism experts have long feared Somalia was becoming a haven for the terror network, and the US State Department considers al-Shabab a terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda. Al-Shabab denies it.
Blah, blah,blah, blah, blah, blah!
Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991 when the overthrow of a dictatorship plunged it into chaos.
And the U.S. WAS BEHIND THAT -- by withdrawing support from the warlord Barre -- so GEORGE BUSH I could GET TROOPS in there!
That's the kind of "informative" background paragraph our s*** media presents as "news."
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Related: Heads up! Somalia in western sights?"
And why not LOAD IT ON THICK, 'eh?
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men yesterday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for allegedly stealing mobile phones and guns. The ruling prompted an outcry from human rights activists.
That's better than the blade treatment I favor for U.S. war criminals.
So OUR ASSETS are GIVING MUSLIMS a BAD NAME and WHACKING HANDS and FEET, 'eh?
The court that handed down the sentence in Somalia’s capital is run by Al Shabab, one of the nation’s most powerful insurgent groups. The United States considers Al Shabab a terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda, a link that Al Shabab denies. The group, which controls much of Somalia, is trying to drive out the government and install a strict form of Islam.
You SEE WHAT they are MISSING, right? Had enough LYING DISTORTIONS?
Al Shabab has carried out amputations and other punishments elsewhere in Somalia, but they are rare in the capital. No date was set for the sentences to be carried out. Al Shabab has also been known to carry out stonings and executions in public outside Mogadishu.
The sentences came as the country’s president declared a state of emergency yesterday as his fragile, UN-backed government struggled to quash a deadly Islamic insurgency. A surge in violence in recent weeks has left about 225 people dead.
You see the omissions and what is truly going on, right?
AGENDA-PUSHING, pure and simple. It sure isn't "news!"
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Of course, the lying war press is telling you the truth, right?
