I have Play-by-Play analysis on Kismayo
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:22 pm
I'm just doing an analysis that I just found out about, this isn't a debate or anything, just providing more information on the battle that took place today.
Two of my cousins entered Jilib this morning on return from Kismayo, US Central Time [if you want confirmation, contact me via PM and I'll tell you]. And they told my family what happened over the phone. Let me break it down.
I don't have the time right now to correlate US Central Time to the time zone that Kismayo is in, so I'll use simple terms, like Sunset, Sunrise, Midnight, Dawn, Dusk, etc.
It was between Sunset and Midnight last night when a band of 100, and no more than 150 Majerteen militia entered town. This militia was not part of faggot Afguduud's men. They were a band of mostly Ciise Maxamud, with many Cumar Maxamud and Cali Saleban men from within Kismayo and from the town of Bulo Xaaji, many of them did not have proper weaponry and armor. They stayed silent from the time they entered the town to dawn. They stormed the south of the town with speed, after a half-hour, they were blocks from downtown/town square.
The strategy was to flank. While those men stormed the south, possibly least defended as they only used 100 men to take it, they expected between 400 to 800 of Afguduud's men to enter the flanks because Sade had huge numbers, estimated at 3,000 men at the lowest and up to 6,000. However, Afguduud's men did not enter the city at all.
You can also tell easily that there were few Majerteen due to the light casualties. 13 dead, 30 injured, numbers are that way on both sides. After 3 hours of sporadic and aimless gunfire, the men from Bulo Xaaji lost patience and left town, expected after the failure on Afguduud's part.
That's all I heard. Right now, Warsame just started a topic about fighting in Jilib, that's where Afguduud was originally intended, a week ago, to regroup and re-arm, but refused like Barre Hiiraale when he first stormed Kismayo and the Islamic Courts defeated him. Its a strategic move on the part of Sade to rush the regrouping station. Hopefully the Majerteen militia were smart enough to secure the city with undetectable explosives emplacements.
Good Night.
Two of my cousins entered Jilib this morning on return from Kismayo, US Central Time [if you want confirmation, contact me via PM and I'll tell you]. And they told my family what happened over the phone. Let me break it down.
I don't have the time right now to correlate US Central Time to the time zone that Kismayo is in, so I'll use simple terms, like Sunset, Sunrise, Midnight, Dawn, Dusk, etc.
It was between Sunset and Midnight last night when a band of 100, and no more than 150 Majerteen militia entered town. This militia was not part of faggot Afguduud's men. They were a band of mostly Ciise Maxamud, with many Cumar Maxamud and Cali Saleban men from within Kismayo and from the town of Bulo Xaaji, many of them did not have proper weaponry and armor. They stayed silent from the time they entered the town to dawn. They stormed the south of the town with speed, after a half-hour, they were blocks from downtown/town square.
The strategy was to flank. While those men stormed the south, possibly least defended as they only used 100 men to take it, they expected between 400 to 800 of Afguduud's men to enter the flanks because Sade had huge numbers, estimated at 3,000 men at the lowest and up to 6,000. However, Afguduud's men did not enter the city at all.
You can also tell easily that there were few Majerteen due to the light casualties. 13 dead, 30 injured, numbers are that way on both sides. After 3 hours of sporadic and aimless gunfire, the men from Bulo Xaaji lost patience and left town, expected after the failure on Afguduud's part.
That's all I heard. Right now, Warsame just started a topic about fighting in Jilib, that's where Afguduud was originally intended, a week ago, to regroup and re-arm, but refused like Barre Hiiraale when he first stormed Kismayo and the Islamic Courts defeated him. Its a strategic move on the part of Sade to rush the regrouping station. Hopefully the Majerteen militia were smart enough to secure the city with undetectable explosives emplacements.
Good Night.
