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November 27, 2006
Somalia: Islamic Courts Move to Disarm the Population
Incidentally, the United States refused to disarm the population after its victory over Saddam Hussein's Army. This was part of our desire to win "the hearts and minds" of the population. But winning "hearts and minds" is completely irrelevant to winning a war. If you intimidate the enemy, it doesn't matter whether they hate you. Unless we re-learn the lessons of history, we will continue to lose to inferior enemies. It is a sad commentary on the United States that the backward Islamic Courts of Somalia show a better understanding of human nature than our political leaders and intellectual opinionmakers do: Somalia's Islamic movement orders weapons ban in country
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Islamic leaders on Monday ordered Somalis to hand in their weapons, but did not say how they would enforce the directive in a heavily armed country some fear is about to go to war with its neighbor.The directive, issued by senior Islamic leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and announced on local radio stations, applies to all individuals and business leaders working in areas controlled by the Islamic group. Many businesses employ heavily armed local militia for security.
It is unclear what punishment will be meted out to those who do not hand in their weapons or why the directive was announced Monday. Fears are mounting the Islamic group and the Ethiopian-backed transitional government may go to war as they vie for control of the country. Only weapons carried by the militia under the control of the Islamic movement are allowed, said the directive.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at November 27, 2006 6:14 PM
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