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DJEvelEd

09-02-2006, 06:13 PM

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Mogadishu - Islamist militia stormed makeshift cinemas in the Somali capital, seizing equipment and arresting more than two dozen people for watching banned films, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.
 
The raids late on Friday came on the eve of peace talks between Somalia's powerful Islamic movement and weak government and were further sign of the Islamists' intent to enforce strict Sharia law in areas they control. 
It also followed by hours the imposition of new restrictions that forbid all forms of trade and public transport during prayer times, which has fuelled fears of a Taliban-style takeover in the anarchic nation. 
Witnesses said at least 30 people were detained in the raids when heavily-armed Muslim gunmen known as the "Soldiers of Allah" entered two packed cinemas halls in southern Mogadishu's Wardhiigley district. 
They dispersed audiences of more than 300 people who were watching Indian Bollywood features, deemed pornographic by the Islamists, and carted off projection equipment and generators, witnesses said. 
"We managed to arrest 30, but most of them fled," militia commander Nuur Hassan Raghe said. "They were watching movies that are ethically unfit." 
He added that his men had also caught several people smoking marijuana and had flogged them for violating Qu'ranic proscriptions on the use of intoxicants. 
Since seizing Mogadishu from warlords in June after months of fierce fighting, the Islamists have rapidly expanded their territory and begun enforcing strict, fundamentalist versions of Sharia law. 
In addition to the new ban on business and transportation during prayers, clerics decreed in July that Muslims who do not pray daily can be punished by death. 
It is not clear if anyone has been condemned under that ruling but the Islamists have presided over the public executions of at least two convicted murderers, numerous floggings and closures of cinemas and photo shops. 
They have also banned live music at wedding receptions and other events and have harassed civilians, mainly women, for failing to wear appropriate dress in public. 
Fearing reprisals, many Somalis, the vast majority of whom practice a moderate form of Islam, have begun to conform with the edicts. 
US and other Western officials have expressed concern about a "creeping Talibanisation" in Somalia by the Islamists, some of whom are accused of links with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network. 
The Islamists flatly reject any ties to terrorism but have made clear they intend to restore order through Sharia law to the Horn of Africa nation that has been without a functioning central authority for the last 16 years.
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Leave the potheads alone MAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!

This message was edited by DJEvelEd on 9-2-06 @ 10:19 PM

El Mudo

09-02-2006, 07:47 PM

Sounds pretty awful...but at least SOMEONE is making order out of that place

FUNKMAN

09-02-2006, 08:02 PM

did they confiscate the pork rinds? never had e'm but i hear they're pretty good...

FUNKMAN

09-02-2006, 08:15 PM

hey mister taliban tally me banana... daylight come and we want or won't go home....  which is it?

fohat

09-03-2006, 12:33 AM

<a href="http://users.ev1.net/%7Emedosier/MrTaliban.htm">Come Mr. Taliban ,Turn over Bin Laden</a>

Yerdaddy

09-03-2006, 04:45 AM

This is a bad situation for the 'War On Terror'. It's also a horrible fucking situation for the Somali people, but it might actually be better than it has been for the last 16 years. THAT'S how bad it's been for them. In fact let's put it this way: every year thousanse of Somalis come here to Yemen for a better life! Now that's desperate! But what happens now - whether this "Taliban-like" regime decides to harbor al-Qaeda or not depends alot on what we do now - especially since we sort of half-assed supported the militia-government against the Islamic Courts Militia in the last couple of months before they were stomped by the Islamists. We'd be stupid at this point to interfere too much because we'd end up just radicalizing the population and these Islamists even more. But we can keep them from becoming an al-Qaeda sanctuary, like we did in Sudan in the late 90's, if we are smart. The administration, that is. Which is asking alot, I know. Well, at least we can be smart and start paying attention to Somalia now, before it becomes another Afghanistan. Here's a good start from the Council on Foreign Relations:<h3>Somalia’s High Stakes Power Struggle</h3><table class="author-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr>Author: <td class="authors"><div class="name"><a href="http://www.ronfez.net/bios/11392/eben_kaplan.html">Eben Kaplan</a>, Assistant Editor</div></td></tr></table>August 7, 2006<div class="cms" /><div class="linklist"><ul><li><a href="#1">Introduction</a> </li><li><a href="#2">What are the Islamic courts in Somalia?</a> </li><li><a href="#3">Who are the ICU’s Leaders?</a> </li><li><a href="#4">What is the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism?</a> </li><li><a href="#5">What role does Somalia’s government play?</a> </li><li><a href="#6">How do clans factor into the Somali conflict?</a> </li><li><a href="#7">What role do Ethiopia and Eritrea play in Somalia?</a> </li><li><a href="#8">What other entities have a stake in Somalia?</a> </li></ul></div><a name="1"></a><h5>Introduction</h5><div class="cms">Though Somalia has been plagued by violence for much of the last fifteen years, fighting intensified in 2006 as militias loyal to the country’s Islamic courts began expanding their territorial control. They have forced out other militias run by the warlords who have been the primary power brokers in Somalia since the collapse of the country’s last stable government in 1991. The conflict is hardly taking place in a vacuum. Somalia’s neighbors are accused of influencing the nation’s internal violence to serve their own interests, while other countries are concerned the emergence of a dominant Islamist group could make Somalia a breeding ground for terrorism. As <a href="http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/robert_rotberg">Robert Rotberg</a>, director of Harvard’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, explains, “Everyone’s meddling.” </div><a name="2"></a><h5>What are the Islamic courts in Somalia?</h5><div class="cms">Courts imposing <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/publication/8034/">sharia</a> (traditional Islamic law) have been active in Somalia since the mid-to-late 1990s. In a nation that has been largely anarchic for the last decade and a half, these courts became increasingly popular because they demonstrated their ability to provide some semblance of order. By early 2005, eleven of these tribunals had joined the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a network aimed at expanding their influence within the country. Somali business leaders, many of whom fund their own private militias, began providing financial and military backing to the ICU in hopes that the Islamists could bring wider stability. With this support, the ICU’s area of control spread from the central region of Somalia south toward Mogadishu, the capital. On June 5, 2006, the ICU claimed control of Mogadishu from a coalition of warlords calling themselves the Alliance for th

sailor

09-03-2006, 05:05 AM

so, bands are bad at weddings, but dj's are ok?  odd.

Dirtybird12

09-03-2006, 08:31 AM

Gosh darn it I love the word "Mogadishu"I can't stop saying it. It's fun!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/clap.gif" border="0" />

A.J.

09-05-2006, 03:14 AM

These guys make Saudi Arabia seem like Dubai.