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Somali rebels call for foreign reinforcements


By Mohamed Ahmed
Wednesday, September 16, 2009



MOGADISHU, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents called on Wednesday for more foreign militants to join them in the failed Horn of Africa state after U.S. forces killed one of the region's most wanted al Qaeda suspects.

The U.S. commando operation that killed Kenyan-born Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, 28, in remote southern Somalia on Monday has triggered an angry response from Islamist rebels fighting the nation's U.N.-backed government.

The raid likely gained Washington valuable counter-terrorism intelligence, but it risked further inflaming anti-Western opinion in a country of growing concern to the West. [ID:nLF462560]

Nabhan, wanted over a 2002 truck bombing that killed 15 people at an Israeli-owned beach hotel in Kenya and a simultaneous failed missile attack on an Israeli airliner as it left nearby Mombasa, was allied with al Shabaab.

Washington says al Shabaab is al Qaeda's proxy in Somalia.

"We call for all Muslim fighters in the world to come to Somalia," Sheikh Mahad Abdikarim, commander of al Shabaab forces in Bay and Bakol regions, told a news conference in Baidoa town.
He also referred to an African Union peacekeeping mission that is backing President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's administration.

"If Burundians and Ugandans, who are not Muslims, are allowed to stay in Somalia, who can refuse our Muslim brothers to join us in the struggle?" Abdikarim asked.


CHANGE IN TACTICS

Monday's raid marked an apparent change in tactics for the U.S. military, which has previously targeted wanted militants in Somalia using missiles, as opposed to helicopter-borne troops.

Western security agencies say the country, where fighting has killed more than 18,000 civilians since the start of 2007, has become a safe haven for militants, including foreign jihadists, who use it to plot attacks in the region and beyond.

The U.S. military has launched several airstrikes inside Somalia in the past against individuals including those blamed for the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

In May last year, U.S. war planes killed the then-leader of al Shabaab and al Qaeda's top man in the country, Afghan-trained Aden Hashi Ayro, in an attack on the central town of Dusamareb.

Under Ayro, al Shabaab had adopted Iraq-style tactics, including assassinations, roadside bombs and suicide bombings.
Abdikarim, the al Shabaab commander, denounced Washington.

"Anybody who believes that America has a veto ... is an infidel with no faith. We must prepare to liberate Afghanistan, Palestine and the al Aqsa mosque," he told reporters.

Violence has killed more than 18,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes.

That has triggered one of the world's worst aid emergencies, with the number of people needing help leaping 17.5 percent in a year to 3.76 million or half the population.

Source: Reuters, Sept 16, 2009

Sheik Shariif actually called for them in 2006

Shirib wrote:Sheik Shariif actually called for them in 2006

Back them the jihaad was allowed against a secularist government.Also culama were behind the jihad.
Now there is islaami government,so whoever fights it actually fights against establishment of Allah's swt law.

If fighting Abdullahi Yusuf (A Muslim) was jihad then nothing is different today. Ethiopians came into protect Abdullahi Yusuf, the same way AMISOM is protecting Sheik Shariif

The Mujahideen obviously need a coalition of the Willing amongst the veterans of Bosnia, Afghanistan and Chechnya. They need some brothers who know how to make roadside bombs, I.E.D's etc. Im sure the Arab fighters will respond in no time

THis is a war against corruption!

Shirib wrote:Sheik Shariif actually called for them in 2006

not true. sheekh shariif never called foreigians even when ethiopian army invaded mogadishu disembar 2006.
it was then members of islamic courts which was actually unkown in that time and later become al shabaab, like khawaariji fuaad shongole and eelaay boy mukhtaar rooboow who called foreigner figthers to join their war agains ethiopians. even indhacade said we need ajnabi to join the war. but sh shariif never did it. only think sheekh shariif did was to call international community to stop ethiopian invation.

You are wrong ,ethiopians came to support a secular government against sh.sharif xafiduhullaah who wanted shariahlaw.
Amisom is here under invitation of the islamic government. Amongst amisom djibouti will be part of it.
As for getting asistance from kuffar. If that itself is kufr,then what about prophet Muhammad pbuh who allowed paganarabs marching him towards makkah mukaramah,also during badr there were non-muslim jews . Or what about your wahabi brothers who got assistance from the british against turks?
Dont you see? Your argument is weak!

Do you really believe these murtaddiin defeated ethiopia? I tell you if ethiopia heads now towards beledweyne(ofcourse blame falls on shabaab)they will run away again.


I will be the first to lable this government to be riddo but there is no reason to do so because they want shariahlaw in whole of somalia and has support of culamaa.

DR-YALAXOOW wrote:

Shirib wrote:Sheik Shariif actually called for them in 2006

not true. sheekh shariif never called foreigians even when ethiopian army invaded mogadishu disembar 2006.
it was then members of islamic courts which was actually unkown in that time and later become al shabaab, like khawaariji fuaad shongole and eelaay boy mukhtaar rooboow who called foreigner figthers to join their war agains ethiopians. even indhacade said we need ajnabi to join the war. but sh shariif never did it. only think sheekh shariif did was to call international community to stop ethiopian invation.

Here u go, Sheik Shariif is first one on

HutuKing01 wrote:You are wrong ,ethiopians came to support a secular government against sh.sharif xafiduhullaah who wanted shariahlaw.
Amisom is here under invitation of the islamic government. Amongst amisom djibouti will be part of it.
As for getting asistance from kuffar. If that itself is kufr,then what about prophet Muhammad pbuh who allowed paganarabs marching him towards makkah mukaramah,also during badr there were non-muslim jews . Or what about your wahabi brothers who got assistance from the british against turks?
Dont you see? Your argument is weak!


I will be the first to lable this government to be riddo but there is no reason to do so because they want shariahlaw in whole of somalia and has support of culamaa.

Ur a joke, what sharia law? The one that man votes on when they want, and then can disavvow it? Ur funny, and the first article of the charter is Somalia is soveirgn. Yes that is quite the sharia.

Ethiopia was invited by a Muslim Somali parliment that was headed by a Muslim named Abdullahi Yusuf, but u declared a jihad on him, and want to say that AMISOM is different.

Get out of here, say u were fighting for Hawiye, like AbdiWahab has done so and convo over, u win

Shirib wrote:

HutuKing01 wrote:You are wrong ,ethiopians came to support a secular government against sh.sharif xafiduhullaah who wanted shariahlaw.
Amisom is here under invitation of the islamic government. Amongst amisom djibouti will be part of it.
As for getting asistance from kuffar. If that itself is kufr,then what about prophet Muhammad pbuh who allowed paganarabs marching him towards makkah mukaramah,also during badr there were non-muslim jews . Or what about your wahabi brothers who got assistance from the british against turks?
Dont you see? Your argument is weak!


I will be the first to lable this government to be riddo but there is no reason to do so because they want shariahlaw in whole of somalia and has support of culamaa.

Ur a joke, what sharia law? The one that man votes on when they want, and then can disavvow it? Ur funny, and the first article of the charter is Somalia is soveirgn. Yes that is quite the sharia.

Ethiopia was invited by a Muslim Somali parliment that was headed by a Muslim named Abdullahi Yusuf, but u declared a jihad on him, and want to say that AMISOM is different.

Get out of here, say u were fighting for Hawiye, like AbdiWahab has done so and convo over, u win

Lakum deenakum,waliya deen

HutuKing01 wrote:

Shirib wrote:

HutuKing01 wrote:You are wrong ,ethiopians came to support a secular government against sh.sharif xafiduhullaah who wanted shariahlaw.
Amisom is here under invitation of the islamic government. Amongst amisom djibouti will be part of it.
As for getting asistance from kuffar. If that itself is kufr,then what about prophet Muhammad pbuh who allowed paganarabs marching him towards makkah mukaramah,also during badr there were non-muslim jews . Or what about your wahabi brothers who got assistance from the british against turks?
Dont you see? Your argument is weak!


I will be the first to lable this government to be riddo but there is no reason to do so because they want shariahlaw in whole of somalia and has support of culamaa.

Ur a joke, what sharia law? The one that man votes on when they want, and then can disavvow it? Ur funny, and the first article of the charter is Somalia is soveirgn. Yes that is quite the sharia.

Ethiopia was invited by a Muslim Somali parliment that was headed by a Muslim named Abdullahi Yusuf, but u declared a jihad on him, and want to say that AMISOM is different.

Get out of here, say u were fighting for Hawiye, like AbdiWahab has done so and convo over, u win

Lakum deenakum,waliya deen

Are u a kaffir?

Ofcourse iam kaafir in khariji religion. Count me amongst the hardcore kafiris of khawarijism.

U dont need to become emotional now. Its just that i dont believe shabaab and their supporters to be muslims. That doesnt mean iam going to hunt down shabaabists in europe. If living with christians and jews is possible,same can be said about living with shabaabists.

I don't know what this khaarij religion u keep reffering to is, comparing Sheik Shariif to Saydinaa Ali ibn Abi Talkib RA, is a mockery and an insult to Saydinaa Ali RA

Now, what religion are u practicing? Cause I am practicing Islam

Shirib wrote:I don't know what this khaarij religion u keep reffering to is, comparing Sheik Shariif to Saydinaa Ali ibn Abi Talkib RA, is a mockery and an insult to Saydinaa Ali RA

Now, what religion are u practicing? Cause I am practicing Islam

Thats the famous tactic which khawarij use: claiming to be muslims,to deceive people.
Lakum deenakum,waliya deen.

Shirib wrote:If fighting Abdullahi Yusuf (A Muslim) was jihad then nothing is different today. Ethiopians came into protect Abdullahi Yusuf, the same way AMISOM is protecting Sheik Shariif

Dont forget hypocrit shariif has been to every kafir country including ethiopia beggin for their troops to invade Somalia..
hutuking is munafiq he think jihad is not allowed if the leader is from his qabiil...what a joke... :