Islamists Plan War in Somalia

The Islamists who are currently in control of Mogadishu and other parts of southern Somalia reinforced their neo-Taliban credentials by declaring that they would lauch a jihad against any foreign peace-keepers. As mentioned previously on the Cantankerous Camel, the ruling faction in Somalia, the Supreme Islamic Courts Council, is a new Afghanistan in the making and its violent jihadi tendencies are coming to the fore. Watch this space.

It should be pointed out that the countries who are supposed to comprise this peace-keeping force are Sudan, which has butchered millions of its own citizens in the south and west of Sudan and Uganda which only in August of this year tentatively ended a disgusting and brutal rebelion by the "Lords Resistance Army" which lasted nineteen years.

'The Islamic militia that controls much of southern Somalia said Tuesday it will train students for holy war against foreign peacekeepers, an ominous development amid fears that a Taliban-style regime is emerging in the country.'

'"We will fight a jihad (holy war) against them and we will train our students in military tactics', said Fuad Mohammed Kalaf, an education official for the Islamic militia".'