Islamists open new front in war on Somali Gevernment

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I just love the way this stuff gets spun!


"Islamists open new front in war on Somali government
Defense chief urges Muslim fighters to join in jihad
- Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times
Sunday, December 24, 2006


(12-24) 04:00 PST Zanzibar, Tanzania -- The Islamist forces in Somalia expanded their offensive Saturday, witnesses said, and began attacking the seat of the transitional government from a new direction.

While the fighting seemed to die down in the initial hot spots, residents north of Baidoa, where the transitional government is based, said Islamist forces rushed in with several dozen pickup trucks bristling with heavy guns. Before this, their attacks had been limited to the east and southwest of Baidoa, where they suffered many casualties.

Meanwhile, in Mogadishu, the seaside capital of Somalia and the Islamists' stronghold, the Islamist defense chief put out a public call for Muslim fighters to join the war against the transitional government and the Ethiopian forces protecting it. The Islamists pledged to turn their country into a third front of jihad, after Afghanistan and Iraq.

"Our country is open to Muslims worldwide," said the defense chief, Yusuf Mohamed Siad. "Let them fight in Somalia and wage jihad."

Several thousand have already arrived, according to U.N. officials, who have said that mercenaries from Eritrea, Yemen, Syria and Libya have been streaming into Somalia for several months. On Friday, residents of Mogadishu reported seeing boatloads of armed men landing on the city's beaches.

Four days into the fighting, it was still not clear how many people have been killed, with casualty estimates ranging from a few dozen to several hundred -- and both sides claim to be winning. Government forces seem to have captured several Islamists, because residents in Baidoa have seen blindfolded fighters driven away on military trucks. The Islamists, on the other hand, have threatened to kill their prisoners.

"We will slaughter them," said Mahmoud Muhammad Amir Qalinay, a field artillery commander in the Islamic-controlled city of Burhakaba. "Anybody we catch, we will kill them -- instantly."

The heavy fighting started Wednesday when the Islamist forces, who control most of south-central Somalia, attacked the transitional government troops from two directions.

The Islamists have said their grudge is not with fellow Somalis but with the Ethiopian troops in and around Baidoa, whom they consider to be infidel invaders. Ethiopia, Somalia's larger, stronger and American-supported neighbor, has a long Christian history, even though today the country is about half Muslim.

American officials have said that if it were not for the protection of Ethiopian troops, the transitional government would have fallen months ago. The internationally recognized transitional government is not nearly as popular or powerful as the Islamist movement, which took over Mogadishu in June.

Ethiopian officials have acknowledged sending military advisers to help shore up the transitional government but continue to deny any larger role in the fighting, though many witnesses have reported seeing Ethiopian troops and even tanks taking part.

U.N. officials and foreign diplomats are trying to persuade the two sides to call a cease-fire and return to the negotiating table to determine how to share power. But on Saturday, mosques in Mogadishu blared out the message: "Young men, go to the front. This is the war we've been waiting for."

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somalia:Islamists say Ethiopian tanks crushed

(SomaliNet) SomaliaÂ’s powerful Islamic Courts Union has claimed that its fighters have burnt four tanks from the Ethiopian forces on Sunday in heavy clashes today at Daynunay front near Baidoa city, the seat of the Transitional Federal Government.

In urgent news conference held in Somalia capital Mogadishu, Sheik Mohamud Ibrahim Suley, the ICU spokesman for the war affairs said they could afford to resist against the air and ground attacks by the Ethiopian troops.

He accused the Ethiopian troops of opening new fronts in central regions of Somalia using excessive power like war planes which air raids on civilian targets around Beledwein city of Hiran region.

Sheik Suley said the Ethiopian invaders were defeated in the battle fields. In Bandiredley and Saddeh-Higlo environs of Mudug region he said the Islamists succeeded to consolidate their positions and subjected huge casualties on the Ethiopians.

He said when the Ethiopian troops were defeated on the ground they have began using war planes against the Islamic Courts.

“Since the fighting seems to intensify, all the Islamist reserve troops are being informed to join the Jihad on Ethiopia and I am telling all the Somali people not to worry about the current war but trust their almighty Allah,” said Suley.

Meanwhile, the Ethiopian government has for the first time confirmed the presence of its troops in Somalia and at war with what it called ‘the Islamist terrorists in horn of African country (Somalia).

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Need more evidence, caution this may cause them heart attack. the prison in which their uncle the biggest camiil Somalis have ever seen is being kept (Baydhaba), will insha Allah be captured.

Maxkamadaha islaamka oo la wareegay Deegaanka Gasarta, kuna dhowaaday Baydhabo

War deg deg ah

Mogadishu 24, Dec.06 ( Sh.M.Network) –

Maxkamadaha islaamka Somalia ayaa la wareegay deegaanka Gasarta oo oo ku dhow Magaalada Baydhabo, ka dib dagaal qaraar oo halkaasi ay kula galeen ciidamada dowladda Ethiopia.

Taliyaha ciidamada maxkamadda islaamiga ee degmada Buur-hakaba C/laahi Geeddoow oo shabelle u waramaya ayaa xaqiijiyay in ciidamadooda ay horey u dhaafeen deegaanka Daynuunaay, isla markaana ay gacanta ku dhigeen deegaanka Gasarta oo ku dhow magaalada Baydhabo.

Waxa uu sheegay in ay ku gubeen dagaalkii maanta ilaa 4 taanki oo ay leeyihiin ciidamada Ethiopia iyo ciidamo aad u fara badan oo uusan sheegin.

Mar wax laga weydiiyay qasaaraha dhankooda ayuu ka gaabsaday in uu wax faahfaahin ah ka bixiyo, balse waxa uu sheegay in ay rajeynayaan in ciidamadooda ay guulo ka soo hoyaan dagaalada ka soconaya agagaarka magaalada Baydhabo.

Ma jiro warar ka madax banaan sheegashada Mas'uulkaan, laakiin wariyaha magaalada Baydhabo ee Shabelle waxa uu xaqiijiyay ian rasaasta fudud iyo kuwa culus si weyn saakay looga maqlayay magaalada Baydhabo.

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Baidoa.com oo ka qaxday Baydhabo wararkana ka soo tebisa Buurhakaba + Isgaarsiinta Baydhabo oo la jaray ka dib markii uu dagaalku soo gaaray Baydhabo-Qax ballaaran ayaa ka bilowday Baydhabo waxaana ku soo dhacaya duleedka Baydhabo madaafiic
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Is-gaarsiinta magaalada Baydhabo ayaa gebi ahaanba saaka waxaa jaray ciidamada Itoobiyaanka ka dib markii uu soo kululaaday dagaalka ay kula jiraan ciidamada Maxaakiimta Islaamiga oo dib loogu soo riixay afaafka laga soo galo Baydhabo oo ciidamada Maxakiimtu si wayn ugaga sooo durkeen Baydhabo aaga Dooynuunaay ayadoo aagga Iidaale oo maalmahan dagaallo culus ka socdeen uu maanta deganyahay. Ciidamada Itoobiyaanka ayaa isugu ururay xero ciidan oo ay ku leeyihiin deegaanka Boonkaay oo ku yaalla Waqooyiga Baydhabo halkaaso dhaawaca Itoobiyaanka lagu ururinayo. Shacab badan oo deganaa Baydhabo oo ka cararaya dagaalka ayaa raxanraxan ayagoo u lugaynaya waxay ka qaxayaan magaalada Baydhabo oo si wayn looga maqlayo hugunka ka baxaya madaafiicda ay is waydaarsanayaan ciidamada Maxaakiimta iyo Itoobiyaanka. Dagaalka ayaa xoogiisa wuxuu ka socdaa inta u dhaxayasa deegaanka Maanyafuulka oo ku yaalla koontaroolka Baydhabo laga soo galo marka laga yimaado Muqdisho iyo deegaanka Gasarta iyo Wegera. Ka dib markii la xiray isgaarsiinta teleefonada Baydhabo oo loo adeegsado internteka ayaa Baidoa.com waxay si ku meel gaar ah wararka uga soo tebisaa degmada Buurhakaba ee gobolka Baay oo 60 km u jirta Baydhabo. Ka dib markii si wayn loogu soo jebiyay ciidamada Itoobiyaanka dagaalka ay ciidamada Maxaakiimtu kula galeen gobolka Baay oo si xun loogu laayay ayaa waxaa ay jareen isgaarsiinta Baydhabo waxayna dagaal dhawr jiho ah ka fureen gobollada Hiiraan iyo Mudug, gaar ahaan deegaanada Baandiiradleey iyo Jawiil oo dagaallo culus ay maanta ka qarxeen, waxayna markii ugu horraysay dayuuradaha cirka ee Itoobiya ay duqaynayaan magaalada Baladwayne waxaana muuqata in Itoobiyaanka ay dagaal buuxa ku soo qaadeen dhulka Soomaalida ayagoo doonaya in ay Soomaaliya u rogaan maxmiyad (protectorate) ay xukumaan kuwo Itoobiyaanka dabadhilif u ah oo danaheeda gurracan u adeega ama in ay Soomaaliya weligeeda dawlad laÂ’aan ahaato.

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Wararkii ugu dambeeyey ee Dagaalladii Bandiiradley iyo Jawiil.(Diyaarad lagu soo riday dagaalkii maanta)



Bandiiradley, Dec, 24, 06

Wararka ka imaanaya jiidda hore ee dagaalka uu ka socdo ee deegaannada Bandiiradley, iyo Jawiil ayaa waxay sheegayaan in ciidamadii Tikreega ahaa ee duulaanka ku soo qaaday deegaankaas lagu jabiyey oo khasaare baÂ’an loogu geystay.

Ciidammada Tikreega ee duulaanka ku soo qaaday deegaannada Bandiiradley iyo Jawiil oo ilaa iyo hadda gacanta ku hayaan, waxay duqeyn xagga cirka ah u geysteen deegaannada Baladweyne, Jawiil iyo Bandiiradley, kaddib markii dagaalkii lugta looga awood badiyey.

Warar lagu kalsoon yahay oo aan ka soo xiganay saraakiisha ciidanka Golaha Maxaakiimta Islaamka ee ku sugan jiidaha hore ee dagaalka ayaa waxay caddeynayaan in diyaarad dagaal oo nooca qumaatiga u kaca ah ay ku soo rideen jiidda hore ee Bandiiradley.

Xiriir daqiiqado ka hor aan la sameynay barta hoggaaminta ciidammada Golaha Maxaakiimta Islaamka ayaa sidoo kale noo xaqiijiyey in ciidammada Golaha Maxaakiimta Islaamka ay u dhaqaaqeen ilaa shan Kiiloomitir, jab iyo halaagna ay u geysteen ciidammada cadowga.

Sidoo kale Diyaaradaha Cadowga waxay duqeeyeen deegaannada Matabaan iyo Guri Ceel halkaas oo dad rayid ah ay ku laayeen, iyadoo tani ay caddeyn u tahay in ciidammada Tikreega uu ku soo tala galay in uu gumaado shacbiga Soomaaliyeed.



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Kornel Tafase oo la sheegay in lagu dilay dagaalkii ka dhacay Deegaanka Iidaale ee ay Maxkamaduhu la wareegeen.

Mogadishu , Axad, Dec. 24, 2006 Waagacusub.com

Koox Weriyayaal ah, ayaa shalay gaaray Deegaanka Iidaale ee duleedka Degmadda Diinsoor, si ay u soo xaqiijiyaan cidda gacanta ku haysa halkaasi, oo ay dhowrkii maalmood ee la soo dhaafay ku haardamayeen Ciiddamadda GMIS iyo kuwa DFKMGS oo taageero ka helayo Ciiddamadda Ethiopianka.

Kooxda Weriyayaasha oo ay MasÂ’uliyiin ka tirsan Waaxda Warfaafinta ee Golaha Maxjkamadaha Islaamka ka gelbiyeen Magaallada Muqdishu, ayaa si rasmi ahaan u xaqiijiyey inay Ciiddamadda GMIS gacanta ku hayaan Deegankaasi, waxayna Weriyayaasha soo arkeen maydadkii Labaatameeyo Askari oo Ethiopian ah oo labisnaa Tuutaha u gaarka ah Ciiddamadda Dowladda Ethiopianka.

Sidoo kale, Weriyayaashu, waxay soo sheegeen in la soo tusiyey maydad kale oo is dul-saarnaa, kuwaasi oo qaarkood la gawracay, kuwaasi oo la sheegay inusan damiirku ku siin karin inaad daawato.

Weriyayaasha Madaxa Bannaan ee shalay soo booqday Deegaanka Iidaale, waxay kaloo soo arkeen Waraaqihii Aqoonsiga ee Askarta Ethiopianka ee lagu dilay dagaalkaasi, Hubkii laga furtaay iyo dhowr Gaadiid oo lahaa Tarikadda Ethiopianka.

Dhinaca kale, Warar si xooggan la iskula dhex marayo Magaaladda Baydhabo iyo DeegaankaIidale, ayaa sheegayo in la dilay Taliyihii hogaaminayey Ciiddamadda Ethiopianka ee ka dagaalamayey Deegaanka Iidaale, kaasi oo magaciisa lagu sheegay Kornel Tafase oo isagu ahaa Taliyihii Ciddankii Ethiopianka ee Isbahaysigii SNA ka soo saaray Magaalladda Baydhabo sannadkii 1995-kii.

Khubarradda Milliteriga ee ku sugan Geeska Afrika, ayaa sheegay hadii ay rumowdo dilka Kornel Tafase inay taasi dhabar-jab xooggan ku noqon doonto RaÂ’isul-wasaaraha dalka Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi oo aad ugu kalsoonaa Sarkaalkaasi oo ku xeel-dheeraa Kaartadda Dagaalka nooca Jabhadaynta.