Looming humanitarian disaster in Somalia

Abstract · (#1 (**permalink**))

The Americans and Ethiopians should have left the UIC alone. Now the place is going to sh*t.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6575039.stm

Heavy Somali fighting amid crisis

Hawiye clan fighters want Ethiopian troops to leave

Fierce fighting has resumed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following UN warnings of a humanitarian disaster.

"My house was crashed, collapsed by the mortars of the Ethiopian troops," resident Isa Gedi told the BBC.

"One of my sons died," he said by telephone, as shots could be heard in clashes between Ethiopia-backed government troops and insurgents.
Only fighters and men protecting their property are in the city as women and children have fled, aid workers say.

The main route used by people fleeing Mogadishu has been closed after a Ethiopian convoy on the road was mined and a blast at a nearby military base on Thursday.
More than 200,000 people have fled their homes since Ethiopian troops helped the government oust an Islamist group from Mogadishu in December, the UN says.

'Improving'
Correspondents say the shelling on Friday started at 0630 local time (0330 GMT) and is gaining momentum.

The rest of my family fled because they could not [bear to] see the flesh of my son, who is lying in the middle of the house

Isa Gedi
Mogadishu resident

mike pain · (#2 (**permalink**))

i'm really shocked at some american ignorance about why the rest of the world hates their government and why the rest of the world sees the states as the greates threat to world peace.

East_African · (#3 (**permalink**))

The International community or whatever they call themselvesfunded, armed and directed this genocide and massacring of the Somali people. The people of the resistance inMuqdisho andSomalia will never be forced to surrender.

East_African · (#4 (**permalink**))

The International community or whatever they call themselvesfunded, armed and directed this genocide and massacring of the Somali people. The people of the resistance inMuqdisho andSomalia will never be forced to surrender.

mike pain · (#5 (**permalink**))

...if some one assasinated bush tomorrow, i'd mark that day on my personal calendar, as a personal holiday...in fact given half the chance i'd kill bush...