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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 09:23 AM
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Somali Gov't Halts Disarmament Program (AP)
Somali Gov't Halts Disarmament Program


Saturday January 6, 2007 1:31 PM

AP Photo NAI101

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN

Associated Press Writer

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's interim government on Saturday indefinitely
postponed plans to forcibly disarm Mogadishu as hundreds of people burned tires,
looted vehicles and said they wouldn't give up their guns. Two people were reported
killed and at 17 people wounded.

The protest came a day after al-Qaida's deputy leader called on Muslim militants to
attack Ethiopian troops, who helped government forces chase Somalia's Islamic militia
from the capital last week. Some Islamic fighters hiding in Mogadishu said they would
heed the call.

About 400 protesters gathered at Tribunka Square in a southern neighborhood, shouting
"Down, down with Ethiopia" and demanding an end to the disarmament plan.

"We don't want disarmament only in Mogadishu. We want all the people (of Somalia) and
all the clans to be disarmed simultaneously," said Dahil Abukar, one of the protesters.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6326856,00.html

Also:
Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital - Reuters
Somalia's Islamists Vow to Heed al-Qaida - AP
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 09:53 AM
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1. Let the NRA rejoice
The interim government didn't take those people's guns away.
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