Al-Shabab suffers a defeat in Somalia, foreign fighters among the dead

Voice of America (VOA) is reporting that a major battle in Somalia this week has resulted in the death of possibly 50 fighters belonging to terrorist group al-Shabab (sometimes spelled Shabaab).  Readers will recall that our missing Somali young men (former refugees to the US) may have been recruited by al-Shabab.

Somalis are celebrating reports of the defeat of the Islamic fundamentalist group al-Shabab after several members of their fighters were killed Sunday in fierce clashes in central Somalia. Al-Shabab, described as by Washington as a terrorist organization, clashed with Islamist group Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca for control of central Somalia as Ethiopian troops began their crucial withdrawal. Several al-Shabab militant fighters were reported killed and their weapons seized. Sheik Abdulkarim Risak is a senior officer of the Islamic group Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca. He tells reporter Peter Clottey that his fighters will continue fighting al-Shabab until they are flushed out of Somalia.

This is Muslim on Muslim warfare and we have Friends of Obama pushing for him and Hillary to get involved in Somalia.  In light of Judy’s great post about peace can only come when one side or the other has won, I say let them burn themselves out. 

Is anyone watching “24?”   We need to get that message to President Taylor!

Back to VOA:

He said his Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca fighters would continue to protect mainstream defenseless Somalis.

“We are defending ourselves. We are defending our wives. And we are defending our religion. Our religion prohibits Muslims fighting among ourselves, and you know, these people are not Muslims at all. They are foreign fighters, and I think they are al-Qaeda. But al-Qaeda is not functioning here in Somalia,” he said.

Where have the foreign fighters come from?    Sheik Risak thinks from South East Asia.  How about from the US and Europe too?

“Thanks to Allah, we have taught them a lesson today because they left at least 50 persons dead. And I think most of them are foreigners, and maybe they might be coming from South East Asia.

I wonder, will we be bringing home anymore US citizens from Somalia and giving them decent burials as we did last month?

Note to new readers:   The State Department has halted all family reunification worldwide due to widespread immigration fraud found mostly among Somalis wishing to get into the US and those in the US trying to bring in “family.”

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