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I told you so.

ca vas faire mal.
2 hours, 34 minutes ago

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali and Ethiopian troops battled insurgents for a second day in the capital Thursday, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of causalities.

On Wednesday, Islamic insurgents dragged soldiers' bodies through the streets of Mogadishu during the fighting. At least 21 people were killed in Wednesday's violence and more than 120 were wounded, hospital officials said.

Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and heavy machine-guns and government troops responded with artillery and machine-gun fire in the early morning battles Thursday in northern and southern parts of Mogadishu, the witnesses said.

Hundreds of government troops were deployed to reinforce troops who fought insurgents Wednesday, said Fathi Mohamed Aden, a clan elder who saw the fighting take place in his northern Mogadishu neighborhood.

Both sides then engaged in a fierce gunbattle, he said.

In a southern Mogadishu neighborhood, gunmen attacked government and Ethiopian troops based at the former defense ministry building, said Jamila Isaq Roble, a mother of six.

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Told us what?

This was expected.

Told us what? that the Christian Gov of Ethipia.. -invading Somalia- was going to kill the peace previously stablished by the Isurgents.

the the Christian Gov of Ethipia.. -invading Somalia- was going to kill the peace previously stablished by the Isurgents.

Um yea...anyone who thought there would be no insurgency in Mogadeshu was diluting themselves.

As long as both sides try to avoid civilians....

As long as both sides try to avoid civilians....never happens.

also by bringing down their Islamic Courts Gov.. We are unleashing the bloody warlords on the Somalian population.

But i guess you dont care

Um yea...anyone who thought there would be no insurgency in Mogadeshu was diluting themselves.


I'm fairly certain it's quite impossible to dilute a human being without rendering them down to liquid stock first.

never happens.

also by bringing down their Islamic Courts Gov.. We are unleashing the bloody warlords on the Somalian population.

But i guess you dont care
The Islamic administration was not exactly a shining beacon of justice and freedom. It may be better than the current situation, but probably not much better.

the peace previously stablished by the Isurgents.

Peace?

Hitler wanted to establish peace too, by fighting off everyone who didn't agree with him.

Hardly peace, more like domination. I prefer war in this case, sorry. (Not siding with Ethiopia, but...)

There were plenty of Somalians fighting the ICG Government too.

never happens.

One can dream can't he?

also by bringing down their Islamic Courts Gov.. We are unleashing the bloody warlords on the Somalian population.

Warlords were already unleashed on the Somalian population. They had a problem with that even before this.

But i guess you dont care

Prove it.

The Islamic administration was not exactly a shining beacon of justice and freedom. It may be better than the current situation, but probably not much better.I agree.
some of their laws were retarded.

But, that is the case with most Govs.. -I should know- Bush is my president.

I doubt there's a single individual who didn't acknowledge the fact that there would be fighting. As for comparing the present situation to the Islamist rule, I think the present situation beats out the ICG by a long shot. Sure, the ICG established peace...by killing everyone opposed to them and implementing hardline extremist law. The Taliban secured peace in Afghanistan when they took over, and look at how fantastic they were at governing. I imagine the ICG would have turned out in a similar manner.

One can dream can't he? You can always dream baby.. you can always dream.

for example.. last nite I dreamed you actually managed to defeat me on a debate. :D

There were plenty of Somalians fighting the ICG Government too.of Course there is.
There are plenty of Iraqis ready to enroll on the "new" police.. organized by the US occupation forces.
http://www.npr.org/news/images/2004/jul/12/reuters/police140.jpg

You can always dream baby.. you can always dream.

for example.. last nite I dreamed you actually managed to defeat me on a debate. :D

I think that classifies as a nightmare...

I think that classifies as a nightmare...

Occeandrive here thinks he wins all debates even when he gets his ass owned by everyone.

Occeandrive here thinks he wins all debates even when he gets his ass owned by everyone.LOL, are you talking to a mirror or something ?

You are the poster who after a few ridiculeous statements.. finishes some posts like this:
"You got owned"
"thats it, thats all"
"CASE CLOSED"

Well, I certainly didn't expect this to happen at all.