Somalia, one of the poorest countries in the world (Along with Ethiopia which has a equal rounded number of Christians and Muslims) was bombed by U.S. fighter jets. The country had just obtained a stable government (The Islamic Courts) and the war lords were no more. And Ethiopia and Somalians were at peace. People, after years of suffering from killings and war lords finally had hope and showed their new happiness through parades and peace between countries and within. I am afraid for other countries with Muslim secular governments. Al the U.S. gov has to say is "Al Qaeda is there" and they came destroy governments on defenseless countries making other countries around the world hate us more.
2007-01-09 14:04:34 · 9 answers · asked by Muse 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=9a774974-6ed9-452d-ac0a-bd7fd473f830&k=10002
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1983296,00.html
2007-01-09 14:08:06 · update #1
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09482331.htm
http://www.arabmonitor.info/news/dettaglio.php?idnews=17145&lang=en
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/26/opinion/edlone.php
2007-01-09 14:09:34 · update #2
I'm more pissed off than depressed. Right now I hate this country. I feel like an anti-Nazi citizen in Nazi Germany. If you mention anything about how the US has made mistakes, you're labeled as supporting terrorists. If you're against the extreme measures that Israel takes in it's invasion of Palestine you're labeled an anti-Semite (which I'm not, I agree more with Jewish ideology than with Christian.) If you think express a concern for Muslims that have nothing to do with the extremists that attack us and our allies, you're seen as a Terrorist sympathizer. If you are a muslim, you're considered a terrorist until you can prove that you aren't, and then they still watch your every move. The constitutional "privlage" of "Innocent until proved guilty."
2007-01-09 14:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The airstrike occurred Monday evening after the suspects were seen hiding on a remote island on the southern tip of Somalia, close to the Kenyan border, Somali officials said. The island and a site near the village of Hayi, 155 miles to the north, were hit.
The main target was Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who allegedly planned the 1998 attacks on the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that killed 225 people.
He is also suspected of planning the car bombing of a beach resort in Kenya and the near simultaneous attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner in 2002. Ten Kenyans and three Israelis were killed in the blast at the hotel, 12 miles north of Mombasa. The missiles missed the airliner.
President Abdullahi Yusuf told journalists in the capital, Mogadishu, that the U.S. "has a right to bombard terrorist suspects who attacked its embassies." Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Aideed told The Associated Press the U.S. had "our full support for the attacks."
Yes such a weak government could NEVER be in danger of being overtaken by Al Queda. Can anyone say Taliban? Anyway, I suppose time will tell if what the USA did was the right thing or not.
2007-01-09 14:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by sheepinarowboat 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
War is no good, but Jesus did warn us that there will be wars so i take comfort in his word that He will return soon
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Also the reason these countries are so poor is beacuse of courpted men who would rather spend money on weapons than food which is really sad !!!
2007-01-09 14:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If we don't stop Al Qaeda and every other terrorist organization, the world is doomed. Nobody likes war, but it's necessary. I'm proud of The United States of America for doing the right thing.
May God Bless us all.
2007-01-09 14:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you really know what is going on behind the scenes of military intelligance, or just what you read in the newspapers? Last time I checked, the Canadian Herald was not a U.S. Intelligence agency...
2007-01-09 14:13:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I feel bad for the innocent people, but al-quada has to be dealt with somehow or else they will cause even more havic.
2007-01-09 14:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it is quite depressing yeah...its fusterating also when the muslims tell me " peace be upon you" when their cousin just blew up that truck across the street killing someone's grandma, child, mother or father......sometimes all of them.......it is quite depressing...i guess the imbalance of chemicals in my brain isnt helping either lol...but yeah this war is sad...God be with us all...and may the JESUS peace be with u :P lol
2007-01-09 14:14:20 · answer #7 · answered by Amber B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's really sad. It's amazing how misguided everything seems, with no weapons of mass destruction and all. I hope this stops soon.
2007-01-09 14:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by mithril 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God help the Third World nation that has something that the US wants.
2007-01-09 14:12:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋