Somalis Protest US Air Strike
By Nicole Belle Sunday May 04, 2008 5:15pm
BBC: (h/t miss kitty)
At least 1,000 residents of the central Somali town of Dusamareb have held a protest against a deadly US attack.
The missile strike on Thursday killed the leader of a group which the US links to al-Qaeda. At least 10 others died when a house in the town was hit.
One of the protest organisers said people feared further strikes by US forces on the town.[..]
In Dusamareb, people protested against Thursday's US strike, shouting slogans such as "Down with the Bush administration".
One of the organisers, Abdirasak Moalim Ahmed, told the Associated Press news agency: "Our town has been severely affected by the recent US attack and still we fear because planes continue to fly over our city."[..]
Al-Shabab, which the US says is linked with al-Qaeda, controls parts of central and southern Somalia.
The group says it is a purely Somali movement and denies involvement with al-Qaeda.
Is anyone else suspicious of the ease in which the Bush administration paints any and all Islamist movements under the umbrella of "al Qaeda"? Fool the American people once, shame on you. Try to fool the American people over and over and over....
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Somalia's anarchy in action. If the Islamists can bring order, hats off to them. I'd accept an Islamic government there, as at least people would have some sense of order and the Ethiopians would get out of Somalia. Islamists may be what that country needs, as a matter of fact. After the collapse they had in the 1990s....
Political assassination at the very least.
Let's see if I get this. The US has carte blanche to bomb anything. Especially if a country is already in dire straights.
Whats one more war crime between friends?
miss_kitty @ 3:
Gotta protect our natural gas that's sittin' under their country.
Fool the American people once, shame on you. Try to fool the American people over and over and over….
Yeah, but we keep falling for it, now don't we...
This story should be splashed in all the major newspapers and all the cable and network programs across the country, but in all likelihood it will not. This story illustrates why the United States is hated so virulently around the world. This is very similar to what happens in Iraq and Afghanistan, when the U.S. military bombs "suspected" Al Qaeda targets and in the process ends up wiping out many innocent people. This is also another reason why terrorists organizations throughout the world will continue to have their ranks filled with recruits as long as the militaristic United States continues to cause needless death and destruction in so many third world countries. Yet Americans are simply stunned when blowback occurs against the United States. It is no wonder citizens around the globe chant:
Hey! Hey! USA! How many kids did you kill today?
McCain the Liar @ 4:
Very well said.
Another war crime unreported by corporate media of the most rogue of all rogue states.
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ABDI SAMATAR: I think it’s quite befuddling to Somalis and many other peace-loving people around the world as to why the United States has chosen to bomb people who are desperate for assistance and food and who have been dislocated and traumatized by an Ethiopian invasion, a country that has its own people under tyranny in itself. So it’s surprising to Somalis that the United States, who is supposed to be the beacon of democracy, is using all the terror tactics that it condemns in this instance, and people across the country have been demonstrating against this...
Thousands of Somalis Protest Deadly US Air Strike
I noticed that, too, through the years; every terrorist act, or group, is "connected to al-Qaeda"
"In Dusamareb, people protested against Thursday’s US strike, shouting slogans such as “Down with the Bush administration”."
It hasn't worked for us, why would it work for Somalis?
If your god bestows protection upon you
And if the USA doesn't bomb you
I believe I will see you somewhere safe
- Morrissey, I Will See You In Far Off Places
Christ. What can I say?
Another example of our government helping to end hunger.
But the collective 'We' keeps buying it, so why wouldn't they keep the shop open?
miss_kitty @ 3:
Pearl Jam nailed it years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs63SAkV2CM
The US war on terror has blown away the last vestiges of national sovereignty. We can fly around the world, bombing any country that does not have the ability to defend itself.
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miss_kitty @ 10:
As I said in post #1, I'd take a Somali Islamist government over the anarchy that prevails there now. What's happening in Somalia, where the world turned its back (and starting with Clinton in 1995, began to interfere) is blood on the entire world's hands.
With the Bush Regime in power it's easier to count who ISN'T protesting America.
Is anyone else suspicious of the ease in which the Bush administration paints any and all Islamist movements under the umbrella of “al Qaeda”?
It's a self-serving definition. Just like "terrorist" or "extremist". It doesn't need any basis in fact to serve it's purpose for the warmongers.
But Bush did accomplish his mission from 2003. His mission was to destroy America which he accomplished
Now, he will send Senator McCain to finish America and obliterate from the face of the earth (with Ms. HRC help).
Maybe, the American people are too stupid to elect an intelligent leader and president and justly deserve their fate.
Somalies protest U.S. airstrike.. Like Bush would actually give a damn... Man, I hate to sound mean, but good luck with that protesting thing... Methinks you folks are about 9 months too soon thinking that might go anyplace..... Check back in then and maybe, if we can root out this Bush rot, maybe you will find an American president who would give a damn.. Of course, IF we can actually rid this nation of Bush and the rest of his idiot brigade.. Chances are, you Somalies will not have to worry about the U.S. dropping bombs on you to get at your natural resources anymore. That whole doctrine is strictly a part of the neocon PNAC wet dream... Ranks right up there with tanking America and its economy in general. Hey, like Dr. Phil says.... It don't have to make sense. Not much of anything the last 8 years has... JD
Kind of interesting that the protesters called out the Bush Regime by name...
"So, you say you might want a little 'American democracy' in your hometown? I'm sorry, you happen to be the wrong color and you don't have any oil. But WE will continue to keep you in mind and maybe drop an occassional rocket or two in your neighborhood in an attempt to take out some folks 'we identify' as Al Queda. Have a nice day."
We're #1, we're #1, we're #1, we're #1, we're #1, we're #1, we're #1......
You mean the U.S. led war on Somalia that the complicit U.S. media is covering up , with help from CNN's barbara starr , who can travel to Honduras to cover U.S. military " volunteers" handing out food , yet barely mentions the daily killing , the rapes , the hundreds of thousands displaced people and hey the London Times even reported that people are being renditioned (kidnapped) crossing borders and handed over to U.S. intelligence .
All this is going on and there is virtually no reporting of U.S. backed and trained Ethiopian military going on a rampage in Somalia , with no legal bases all .
This is a perfect example of lying by omission , if I ever I saw one and when NBC can send a reporter to Obama's Grandmother's village in Kenya and not even mention Somalia or send a reported there , it tells you the MSM is in deep cahoots with U.S. foreign policy .
This ATROCITY has been brought to you by BushLand and all those former US citizens who sit idly by and NOT WRITE their senators and congress representatives in protest.
Well, you have to admit, its hard to differentiate these groups when they all look alike.
/snark
General_Rennenkampf @ 20:
Kudos on being the first post. Regarding Somalia, which is it, Curtis, either we are turning our back or interfering - what would you prefer we do?
Al-Qaeda, Al-Baloney, Al-YourBaseAreBelongUpYourArse. Sorry, but I don't believe a single word that comes out of the mouths of these lying cock-bags. Any possible benefit of doubt has been squandered eons ago by that stinking, pillaging cabal of torturing empire-builders.
And what bullies. They bested a handful of people armed with sticks and some bystanders, by bravely throwing a missile at them from very far away. Bravo! Perhaps they can find some baby chicks to stamp on next. Not a million miles away from Dick Cheney's regular hunting expedition anyway.
Well, yeah, maybe we killed one Al Qaida guy, but we just made another few hundred mortal enemies. We have guys who can do this without "airstrikes", but the "powers that be" don't give a shit how many bystanders they kill. Why? Because they don't REALLY think Somalis are "human".
If there was divine justice in this world, God would have launched air strikes against Somalia centuries ago for chopping off the clitoris of millions of Somali girls.
Old Billy Hussein @ 30:
Turn our backs and let the Islamists unify the damned country, that's what I'd prefer to do. In a nation that's been anarchic for 13 years, the Islamists will have a merry time re-uniting the anarchist/libertarian wet dream of a country. I hope they can do it. Then, they can push the Ethiopians out.
drago @ 33:
Going by your logic, the US army is doing Gods work and therefore justified. While they're at why don't they also drop Holly Bombs(tm) on the rest of africa since FGM is widely practiced throughout the continent.
As a native Somali, I'll let you in on a secret: The "islamists" (nationalists, actually) have done more to stop this practice than any group has in our history.
Except of course, for Saudi Arabia, and it's ruling crime family who have the closest ties to Al-Qaeda. They also have close ties to the criminal Bush family. Coincidence? I think not.
Every Country that the U.S. does not like they will send in the CIA created Al Qaeda the commit black ops. Then the U.S. can then say that it has the excuse to go in and target the real Nationalists and say that they are Al Qaeda when they are not.
War crimes tribunals. Nothing else is going to do it.
Amnesty International recently published a report of what is going on in Somalia between the insurgents, soldiers and bandits and it's not pretty. For the full report goto:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/05/06/afr520062008eng.pdf
Page 13 and 14 has descriptions of what Al-Shabab has done to innocent people, so I won't lose any sleep over their former leaded. Granted it might not do anything in the long run, but who knows, it might save lives in the long run. Though the Somalia army seems to be no better, so I don't hold my breath.
In other words: bad man dies, but nobody wins.
It's like Colt 45. It works every time. And I have no idea what to do about it.
When did Congress declare war on Somalia?
Erroll @ 7:
Yes. Can you imagine if it was Russia or China pulling the same stunt. Mind you the USA believes in democracy and they are spreading it all over the world, the Dick Cheney way.
Idiotland @ 36:
And don`t forget, it was all Saudis who performed on 9/11. Nasty people.
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