|
Ethiopia says its troops will stay for another few weeks in Somalia to help the government there after forcing the Islamists to flee in a two-week conflict. Alternet is reporting the Islamists 'refused a government offer to surrender and reports of a deadly ambush against Ethiopian forces showed the fighting may be far from over'. In fact, the Islamists say they will "rise from the ashes" and return. Analysts say the Islamists, joined by some foreign fighters, may launch an Iraqi-style insurgency against a government they see as propped up by a hated and Christian-led power. ...
"If the world thinks we are dead, they should know we are alive.We will rise from the ashes," Islamist spokesman Abdirahim Ali Mudey told Reuters by phone from a hideout. (more)
Thebelief that 'foreign fighters' were involved in Somalia, 'Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said on Tuesday Eritrean, Ethiopian rebel and Arab fighters were taken prisoner during the oustingof Islamists who held southern Somalia for six months.'
"Yesterday, we have captured Eritreans, Oromo and Arab fighters," he said, referring to rebels from Ethiopia's Oromia region. "This is a clear sign foreign fighters are involved."
The Somali government, and its Ethiopian backers, have long said several thousand foreign fighters were aiding the Islamist movement which took Mogadishu and most of south Somalia in June but was defeated at its last bastion on Monday.
Addis Ababa has particularly pointed the finger at its arch-enemy Eritrea, saying it sent hundreds of soldiers to fight alongside the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC). (more)
At least 'three more Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members, aside from the two alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, are hiding with the Abu Sayyaf inthe jungles of Sulu.'
"There are five JI [members] in Sulu. It can be more than five, but we identified only five, including [Umar] Patek and Dulmatin," BrigadierGeneral Juancho Sabban, chief of the 3rd Marine Brigade, told reporters.
Sabban said there was "no let up" in pursuit operations, which had been ongoing for the last five months, to finish off the Abu Sayyaf and the JI in Sulu. (more)
To quote some great person, "They're everywhere! They're everywhere!"
Linked with
Troubling Poll Results, Third World Country
Gribbit's Word, Dirty Laundry Airing Part 1-1/2
Stuck on Stupid, Open Trackbacks
Cigar Intelligence Agency, Dems plan to sideline Republicans
Chaotic Synaptic Activity, Sticking with what I know
Samantha Burns asks, Wanna blog here?
Israel To Olmert : Just Get OUT!!!, Yid with Lid
Big Dog has a new blogroll, of course it's being run by Texas Fred who has also taken over The 910 Group's blogroll, blog found here
The HILL Chronicles, If the US government were to base its current policies on truth
Check out "CLICKED" for a week's worth of interesting reading
New to the blogroll, Judging Truth. Check out his latest post
|
