Sunday, January 07, 2007

Jihadis Flocking to Somalia Like Moths to Flames

As we've seen over the past few weeks, the jihadis who have been heeding the calls of al Qaeda's Zawahiri and others seeking to go to war against the West have been flocking to Somalia to assist the Islamic Courts Union in their fight against the transitional government backed by the Ethiopian government and the West.

And many of those jihadis have ended up quite dead. Australians. Persons carrying American passports along with Somalis, Sudanese, Ethiopian, and Saudis have all made their way to Somalia and fought and died in jihad.

The African Union is looking at a way to fund peacekeeping operations in Somalia to take over when the Ethiopians finish their operations in assistance of the transitional government.

A leading Somali politician who has ties to the Islamists has called for the various sides to put down their weapons as he himself has dropped opposition to a peacekeeping operation to bring stability to the country. However, not everyone is happy with the ongoing Ethiopian presence. Somalia is still a violent place, and a move to disarm the various militias erupted in violence. People who haven't seen a functional government in nearly two decades aren't going to give up their weapons willingly or lightly.

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