Qaxii Afgooye Begins Again

[Shirib]

People poring out of Xamar fleeing the fighting. Afgooye is packed, family there have said civillians are pooring into the city, many with no place to stay

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Thousands flee Somalia's capital after fighting


Monday, May 11, 2009

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Thousands fled their homes in Somalia's capital Monday after at least 35 were killed over the weekend in some of the worst fighting in weeks, while masked Islamic fighters were seen heading toward Mogadishu.

An Associated Press reporter saw people fleeing in taxis, pickups and trucks stacked with suitcases, mattresses, furniture and other belongings. Residents in northern Mogadishu reported sporadic fighting but there were no immediate reports of casualties Monday.

"Some of them do not know where to go. They need urgent help," said Ali Sheik Yasin Fadhaa, the vice chairman of the Elman Human Rights Organization. He said staff throughout Mogadishu had counted 5,200 people fleeing Monday. A total of 17,200 people have fled the capital since Saturday, Fadhaa said.

Asha Yakob said she was fleeing her northern Mogadishu neighborhood of Fagah with her children for a safer part of the capital.

"I have no other option," Yakob, told The Associated Press as she balanced some of her belongings on her head — sheets, other bedding and clothes wrapped in a ball.

"Those who are fighting seem to be foreigners. If they were Somalis, they would never kill innocent and poor people like me. They are enemies," said the 41-year-old mother, crying.

The renewed violence in the Horn of Africa nation is pitting pro-government fighters against those allied to al-Shabab, an insurgent group seeking to overthrow Somalia's Western-backed government and establish an Islamic state. Over the weekend, both sides pounded the capital with mortars and machine-gunfire.

The insurgents have been trying to topple the weak government since late 2006 and the lawlessness also has allowed piracy to explode off Somalia's coast.

President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed told journalists Monday that the people behind the weekend fighting are against peace, but he is willing to talk with his opponents.

"Anyone opposed to the government should come to the negotiating table. Fighting is not a solution. As a government we are ready to reach agreement with every opposition group," Ahmed said.

The U.S. worries that Somalia could be a terrorist breeding ground, particularly since Osama bin Laden declared his support for al-Shabab. The U.S. also accuses al-Shabab of harboring the al-Qaida-linked terrorists who allegedly blew up the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

Ali Osman, who runs a small kiosk along a road leading from key southern Somali towns to Mogadishu, said he saw masked fighters heading to the capital in pickups Monday. Some had wrapped a black flag around their heads with the Arabic inscription "There is only one God, Allah" — which he said was a sign they are al-Shabab fighters.

The group may have called for reinforcements from its strongholds south of Mogadishu.

Al-Shabab controls much of southern Somalia. Ahmed's government directly controls only a few blocks of Mogadishu and one border town. But the president has allies among the militias that control much of central Somalia and pockets of the south.

Ahmed, elected by parliament in January, used to be one of the leaders of the Islamic insurgency. Since his election he has been trying to broker peace with warring groups and gain legitimacy. At a conference last month in Brussels, Ahmed pledged to do "everything imaginable" to stabilize Somalia.

Somalia has not had an effective government since 1991, when warlords overthrew longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. The warlords then turned on each other, plunging the nation into anarchy and chaos. Somalia's transitional government was formed in 2004, but has failed to assert any control over the country.

Source: AP, May 11, 2009

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[Captain24]

Digil should extract revenge and kick the fleeing Hutus back to Moqdisho

[Keyse_0208]

Another day in Jah Jah city, struggle never ends

i would like to dedicate this to all the fleeing people around afgooye

[Shirib]

Digil should extract revenge and kick the fleeing Hutus back to Moqdisho

Afgooye is in the hands of Indhacadde. If it wasn't for Al Shabaab attacking him, he would probably set up and isbaaro and make the poor pay pay to get into the city

[Ayub21]

shirib, afgoye is in hand of ciidamada dowlada. indha cadda is in jail

Ciidamada Booliska DKMG ayaa si rasmi ah oo la wareegay gacan ku haynta excontrol afgoye iyo nawaaxigeeda..

http://www.miisaanka.com/article.php?articleid=1247

[Shirib]

Indhacade was dowlada until yesterday, did he lose Afgooye too?

[Captain24]

Shrib, Indhocade Shabab baa lugu bajiyaa. Invite 'al-shabab to your lands, and he will run a mile

[Shirib]

Shrib, Indhocade Shabab baa lugu bajiyaa. Invite 'al-shabab to your lands, and he will run a mile

Funny thing is Shabaab have a base in Tooratooroow, which is a tuulo outside of Afgooye. Only place Shabaab don't have in lower shabelle is Afgooye, and Xamar and Afgooye's faith intertwine

[Ayub21]

Indhacade was dowlada until yesterday, did he lose Afgooye too?

shirib, what wrong whit you? indha cadda ayaa ku qafiifday acuudka. live the poor guy alone he is in jail. and he never was on the side of dowlada he never said he supported them. he was in the middle and yesterday he did not figth on side of dowlada. he give his weapons to xassan dahir.
and all ceyr is know officially on side of xassan dahir.

[Voltage]

walle dadki waa baaba'een

[Sir-Luggoyo]

Hawiyihii waxaa ku dhacday inkaartii Faqashta, they are going through the same hellish route. At least the Faqash had destinations other than Mog and it's environs, now where would Hawiye go? They will go in circles from Mog--Carbiska---Kulliyaddii Beeraha----Afgooye---Maybe Shalambood and back to Xamar. Sh!t!!! Karma sukks

[S-D-M]

Hawiyihii waxaa ku dhacday inkaartii Faqashta, they are going through the same hellish route. At least the Faqash had destinations other than Mog and it's environs, now where would Hawiye go? They will go in circles from Mog--Carbiska---Kulliyaddii Beeraha----Afgooye---Maybe Shalambood and back to Xamar. Sh!t!!! Karma sukks

Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it. Ilaah hauyasiro masakiinta hoyoyinka iyo caruurta

[Cawar]

Hawiyihii waxaa ku dhacday inkaartii Faqashta, they are going through the same hellish route. At least the Faqash had destinations other than Mog and it's environs, now where would Hawiye go? They will go in circles from Mog--Carbiska---Kulliyaddii Beeraha----Afgooye---Maybe Shalambood and back to Xamar. Sh!t!!! Karma sukks

I say more like habarki iyo ishii naagihi reer baraawe oo ay masaajidka ugu galeen oo ay rape gareeyen baa haysta. Ilaahay waa caadil.

[Buhodle-Gurl]

Aww. I feel for the families.

[eyes-only]

and the beat goes on