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Sunday, August 17, 2008

75 Somali Civilians Masssacred in A Refugee Camp by Ethiopian Army While Somali President is in Ethiopia

More than 75 people were killed in Somalia on Friday, August 15, 2008, after roadside bomb blasts prompted Somali TFG and Ethiopian troops to open fire on nearby civilians, witnesses said.  Most of the people died when Ethiopian solders shot into traffic and nearby refugee camps.

While the Ethiopian troops massacre Somali civilians in Arbiska near Mogadishu killing more than 75 of Mogadishu's displaced, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President and Prime Minister, along with the head of the TFG Parliament are in Addis-Ababa having a meeting with the man who's behind the killings.  The three of the top TFG group attended the meeting that is held for mediation between the TFG President and the Somali TFG Prime Minister conducted by Melez Zenawi.
 
Despite yesterday's genocide, the Somali Citizens do not expect the Somali Transitional Federal Government to express any condemnation for the Ethiopian Troops ruthless killings of civilian population in the Mogadishu area, let alone the Top TFG officials currently in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to bring up the issue with Melez Zanawi.  It is suspected that Mr. Yusuf and Mr. Nur Cade are fearful of the Ethiopian dictator who once before jailed infamous Somali warlords such as Muse Sude in Ethiopia. 
 
 The former warlord of Puntland and now the President of the TFG is indifferent of the struggles of the southern Somali population, specially those in Mogadishu.  He repeatedly admits that he wants revenge, apparently on the Hawiye clan which dominates the Southern Somalia.  In a poem he wrote which was found on a vehicle he deserted after being ambushed by Alshabab, Abdullhi Yusuf expresses his deepest desires.  He writes that he wants the Mogadishu residents to submit to him, and that he orders mass murders, daily robberies, and other armed savagery acts against the Mogadishu residents, only to have them surrender and submit to his will.  Now that the Ethiopian soldiers are killing unarmed non-combatant Somali civilians, Abdullahi Yusuf will keep quiet and watch the people he seems to hate most die until no one left.
 
The Somali Transitional Government, as the Somali people are aware of, is a puppet for Melez Zanawi, who is in turn hired by Mr. Bush of the United States Government.  Therefore one can claim that Mr. Bush and his government are in-directly responsible for yesterdays killing of 75 Somali refugees near Mogadishu.
 
Dr. Abdul-Qasim Salad Hassan, the former president of the TFG, not long ago, admitted that the U.S. government should stop supporting the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia.  He said the American people and the Somali people have neutral friendship and that their friendship can be affected if the invasion of Somali is continued, with the backing of the U.S. Government.
 
Somali blogs and news  will keep you posted on any additional reports coming of out of Mogadishu about this story. 
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    Saturday, August 16, 2008

    Fifty Displaced Civilians Killed By Ethiopian and TFG Militia In Somalia, Worst Civilians Casulties in Country History

     Ethiopian and TFG Militia who were at Arbiska, a refuge camp for displaced civilians who ran away from the Ethiopian army shelling, killed more than 50 of the displaced people today in Somalia.  The killed displaced Somalis who are refugees in their own country, were mainly women and children and elders.
     
     
     According to witnesses, The Ethiopian soldiers and TFG Militia detained people after stopping their cars randomly while they drove in Arbiska.  The soldiers then handcuffed the civilians hands on their back and shot them on the spot.  Others were shot while they were in their cars.  Unable to watch the mascare, those who witnessed claim they have never seen such a brutal killings of so many unarmed civilians in one place and called it the worst genocide in Somalia.  To add to the casulties are the unknown number of injured people who are no where near a hospital.  The Ethiopian and TFG militia drove back to Afgoye where they're based.
     Dispite the civil wars and the armed conflicts of the past nearly 18 years, no armed group ever killed this many people at once, in one place.  This savage killings of Somalia's displaced civilians brings forward the International community's indifference of the Somali people's struggle.  Ironically, the U.N. considers Ethiopia peacekeeping force.



    Earlier on August 15, Ethiopian Troops Behead Somali Civilians Near Mogadishu

    The Ethiopian military in Somalia continue to their rampage and terror.  They once again detained unarmed civilians and beheaded them, then put them out on the streets as to make example of them.
     
    The ruthless terrorist acts happened in an area between Afgoye, where the TFG and Ethiopian troops currently control, and Mogadishu.  As witnesses say, the Tigrey army stopped a car full of civilians on Thursday evening then escorted the passengers to an unknown location where they apparently tortured them overnight.  Early Friday morning on August 15, the same passengers were found dead, 8 of them beheaded in a nearby street in between Mogadishu and Afgooye town.
     
    So far, no reports of investigation on the matter and no one from the TFG appeared to be interested to discuss the civilian murders.  Also, there is no official news release from the Ethiopian troops on why they tortured then beheaded the Somali civilians.
     
    This is not the first time the Ethiopian Tigrey men killed and beheaded unarmed Somali civilians.  On May 8th 2008, the Ethiopian troops killed 17 Somali civilians. About two weeks prior to that day, on April 23rd, Ethiopian army slit the throats of 20 Somali clerics in a mosque.  On Sunday July 13, several young men were executed by Ethiopian troops and TFG militia in Mogadishu and its surroundings.
     
    The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is funded by the Bush government under the cover of fighting terror in East Africa.  Political observers say the U.S. Agenda in Somalia is far more deeper than just plain old war on terror.
     
     
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