why is voltage supporting these people?
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:22 pm
is it because what the hawiye people did to him, his family and tribe in 1991?
Thousands flee Somalia's capital after fighting
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.
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Thousands flee Somalia's capital after fighting
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.
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