Heavy Fighting Hits Somali Capital

Nearly 90,000 People Have Fled Worst Fighting To Hit Mogadishu In Months

(AP)  Nearly 90,000 people have fled Somalia's capital in recent days, a massive surge of displacements following the heaviest fighting to shake the war-battered city in months, the U.N. said Thursday.

The clashes, the worst between Islamic insurgents and Somali and allied Ethiopian troops since April, have emptied entire neighborhoods, sending 88,000 people streaming from Mogadishu over a three-day period starting Oct. 27, the world body said in a statement.

That contrasts with a previous rate of 20,000 to 25,000 people leaving each month, it said.

"I am also very concerned for the safety and well-being of those remaining in Mogadishu, given the overall insecurity and lack of access and freedom of movement in the city," Christian Balslev-Olesen, a top humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, said in a statement.

More than 100 people injured in the fighting have been admitted to hospitals in just two days, in addition to more than 3,400 civilians wounded since January, Balslev-Olesen said.

Mogadishu has been plagued by violence since government troops and their Ethiopian allies drove out the Council of Islamic Courts in December. For six months, the Islamic group had controlled much of southern Somalia, and remnants have vowed to fight on. Thousands of civilians have been killed in the fighting this year.

According to the U.N., some 1.5 million Somalis are now in need of food aid and protection - 50 percent more than at the start of the year -- because of inadequate rains, continuing internal displacement and a potential cholera epidemic, the United Nations said.

Some 450,000 Somalis have fled their homes this year, bringing the total number of displaced people to 800,000, the U.N. said Thursday.

Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991, when rival warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on each other.

[nhprophet]

I support Ron Paul and his non-interventionist foreign policy. Hitlery wants to continue our illegal police action in Iraq until at least 2013, and she does not rule out a preemptive (nuclear) first strike against Iran. Ron Paul voted against our (undeclared) war in Iraq, which was sold to us with lies. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies--the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. The war in Iraq has cost more than 3,400 American lives and almost a trillion dollars. We need a leader in the White House who will ensure this never happens again. Both Jefferson and Washington warned us about entangling ourselves in the affairs of other nations. Today, we have 750 foreign bases and troops in 130 countries. We are spread so thin that we have too few troops defending America. And now, there are new calls for a draft. We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing our borders against illegal alien who are invading our country from the South. No war should ever be fought without a Declaration of War voted upon by the Congress, as required by The Constitution. Under no circumstances should the U.S. again go to war as the result of a resolution that comes from an unelected, foreign body, such as the United Nations. Too often, we give foreign aid and intervene on behalf of governments that are despised. Then, we too become despised.

[nhprophet]

What we need is a President who will show us the way. Not the old way. Not the same way, but a NEW WAY. Think about this for a minute. What if we pulled all of our troops out of South Korea? They''ve been there for 50+ years. What if we quit worrying about Iran, but instead, realized that its having a nuclear weapon will not mean the end of the world? What if we pulled all of our troops out of the Middle-East, and brought them all home? What if we realistically addressed the National Debt, and paid attention to REALLY DOING SOMETHING about stopping illegal immigration? These are the ideas of Republican Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. He''s a ten term Congressman and a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies. He''s an intellectual who''s published four books, three of which are devoted entirely to sound economics and one to foreign policy. He was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania as a pious Lutheran, but now he attends a Baptist church. Paul is given to mulling things over morally. Whenever he recollects the helicopter pilots he treated as an Air Force Flight Surgeon (Captain) during the Vietnam War, a war which he now says was "totally unnecessary and illegal," he laments, "They were gung-ho. I''ve often thought about how many of those people never came back." Candidates with the high level of personal integrity and proven track record of adherance to The Constitution, Congressman Paul has always demonstrated only come around once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky.

[nhprophet]

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
- James Madison

"Those that give give up essential liberties for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
- Abraham Lincoln

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and those who would exploit our fear for power and their own personal, selfish, cynical gain."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict through peaceful means."
- Ronald Reagan

"Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must...undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine

"Liberty, when it takes root, is a plant of rapid growth."
- George Washington

"Commerce with all nations. Alliances with none."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Wars are poor chisels for carving-out peaceful tomorrows."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Ron Paul doesn''t represent your Father''s school of political thought. He represents your Founding Fathers."
- Me

[ladyjaneg]

There''s a huge difference between Islamic terrorist insurgents, and normal peace-loving Muslims. I agree that these insurgent freaks should all die.

[toolmangler-2009]

I have heard it said; "Show me a War and I will show you Islamic involvement"
True or not true? (rebuttal?

[terrorislam4]

I STAND WITH THE DANES

FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM IS
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[terrorislam4]

Posted by abdiqani at 09:21 PM : Nov 01, 2007

righttttttt and genocide is your solution,,, good one,,,

and the rape camps you set up are for what haji???

FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM SETS UP RAPE CAMPS

Actress Mia Farrow speaks out on her visit to Darfur
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[abdiqani-2009]

The conflict in Somalia has been long and complex. those who hate Islam should not disguise themselves under American nationalism, no matter their true colors will always show.

The war in Somalia is complexe involving historic tribal animosities, arid environment, and ample supply of arms. The current fighting in Mogadishu is between a minority government that enjoyies no legitimacy from the masses and skillful rebel group. The rebels have started the fall offensive which aimes to topple an imposed government.

I''m myself a Somali and a Muslim and we dont wish ill will on anybody unless they wish us such. bigots will meet their god if they wish so.

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by antoniof123 at 03:34 PM : Nov 01, 2007


Oh, shut up!!!!! Or we will tell the Taliban that you urinated on a Qua''ran.

[antoniof123]

I don''t think that big fake religion gets it we are not just tired of Islam we are getting tired of all you wackos out there. Keep this up and we the majority of the world will give you freedom from life.