Somali Islamist religous bigots regroup

Bill Roggio:

The Ethiopian and Somalia government's rout of the Islamic Courts last December has been quickly countered by the Islamists with a deadly insurgency. In the latest violence in Mogadishu, an Islamist mortar attack killed 7 and wounded 20. A police colonel was murdered just south of the capital. The latest attacks follow a string of attacks on Somalia and Ethiopian military and police units. Roadside bombs have also been employed in several instances.


In an incomprehensible move, the Kenyan government has released Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, one of the top leaders of the Islamic Courts. Sharif has headed to Yemen, and has been touting reconcilliation between the Islamist and the Somali government. “The U.S. and I have had dialog over how to introduce peace into Somalia. We have agreed on many issues and we still have something left,” said Sharif, in an interview with Shabelle Radio.

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The State Department's crazy embrace of Sharif reflects its false assumption that negotiation will solve issues between the Islamist religious bigots and the rest of the world. It was the same idiocy that promoted Arafat and wound up creating a terrorist nest in the Palestinian territories. At some point the diplomats have to recognize that a snake is a snake.

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