http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-53445 Blue Crab Boulevard » Al Qaeda To Somalis: Kill Yourselves Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:41:16 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/#comment-53445 [...] The only place al Qaeda can claim a real success is in its successful media campaign, which they are accomplishing with the active cooperation of the media. The media helped project an illusion of invincibility on the Somali islamists. The reality was a wee bit different when the Ethiopians decided they had taken enough blustering from the islamists. When the "mighty" Ethiopians sent their "armored fist" against the islamists, the latter set land speed records getting away. That mighty column of sixteen Ethiopian tanks and armored vehicles was apparently too much for the would-be jihadis. [...] [...] The only place al Qaeda can claim a real success is in its successful media campaign, which they are accomplishing with the active cooperation of the media. The media helped project an illusion of invincibility on the Somali islamists. The reality was a wee bit different when the Ethiopians decided they had taken enough blustering from the islamists. When the "mighty" Ethiopians sent their "armored fist" against the islamists, the latter set land speed records getting away. That mighty column of sixteen Ethiopian tanks and armored vehicles was apparently too much for the would-be jihadis. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-53287 Blue Crab Boulevard » Somali Islamists Run Walk Briskly Away - Again Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:17:17 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/#comment-53287 [...] The islamists who just the other day told the entire world - with a straight face - that they would never run from their enemies have once again departed. This time it is not at all apparent where they are briskly walking to. They were briskly walking too fast to track. But on the way out of town, they left the civilians in Kismayo a little parting gift. They shot and killed at least two of them. MOGADISHU (AFP) - Islamist fighters have abandoned their last stronghold of Kismayo in southern Somalia after Ethiopian and Somali government troops advanced towards the city, but vowed to fight on. [...] [...] The islamists who just the other day told the entire world – with a straight face – that they would never run from their enemies have once again departed. This time it is not at all apparent where they are briskly walking to. They were briskly walking too fast to track. But on the way out of town, they left the civilians in Kismayo a little parting gift. They shot and killed at least two of them. MOGADISHU (AFP) – Islamist fighters have abandoned their last stronghold of Kismayo in southern Somalia after Ethiopian and Somali government troops advanced towards the city, but vowed to fight on. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-53258 Blue Crab Boulevard » “Ethiopia Does What It Wants To Do.” Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:16:40 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/30/batting-cleanup-in-somalia/#comment-53258 [...] We'll see. About the Bloody showdown, I mean. Thus far, the islamist's idea of a fight has been to see if it was possible to break the sound barrier with a brisk enough walk. They've been brisking it all the way across the country. Because, of course, they would never run from their enemies. They say so - and their PR department (the Western media) dutifully reports every word they say with a completely straight face. [...] [...] We'll see. About the Bloody showdown, I mean. Thus far, the islamist's idea of a fight has been to see if it was possible to break the sound barrier with a brisk enough walk. They've been brisking it all the way across the country. Because, of course, they would never run from their enemies. They say so – and their PR department (the Western media) dutifully reports every word they say with a completely straight face. [...]

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