ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Dec. 21 — The transitional government of Somalia, which for several months had been rapidly losing territory to Somalia’s growing Islamist movement, claimed victory on Thursday in the first major confrontation between the sides.
“We have overrun their troops,” said Abdirizak Adam Hassan, chief of staff for the transitional president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.
United Nations officials confirmed heavy Islamist casualties in the fighting, which began Wednesday and continued Thursday.
The Islamist fighters — many of them lightly armed teenage boys, the officials said — were mowed down by transitional government soldiers backed by the Ethiopian Army, the most powerful military in the region.
“The Islamists attacked, they retreated and then they made the mistake of running into an open field,” a United Nations official said on the condition of anonymity. “After that, it was one shot, one kill.”
United Nations officials estimated that dozens of Islamists had died. The Islamists denied suffering humiliating defeats. On Thursday, the Islamist clerics who rule Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, ordered schools closed so more children could be sent to the front lines.
After initially playing down the fighting, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of the Islamist forces, announced Thursday over national radio that Somalia was at war and said, “All Somalis should take part in this struggle against Ethiopia.”
2006-12-26 11:16:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Opinons? 10 points to best answer!
2006-12-26 11:16:34 · update #1
invaders will be defeated i think.
2006-12-27 03:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by HeavyRain 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why was the world SO QUIET about Somalia when warlords were killing people in roadblocks, and rapping the civilians for 15 years. Now that the IUC brought law and order to Somalia, the world sees it a threat.
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2006-12-26 21:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The last thing we need is an Islamic government in Somalia. Let's hope that this report is correct and wish the transitional government continued success. Of course in Somalia, any government probably will not come up smelling like roses.
2006-12-26 11:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Kwan Kong 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 08:38:33 · answer #4 · answered by pfeifer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get rid of the islamofascists !!!
2006-12-26 11:41:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋