A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
- By PressTV Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters have taken full control of the southern town of Hudur after Ethiopian troops vacated the town, residents say. “Hudur (in the southern Bakool region of Somalia) is now under the control of the al-Shabab fighters again after the Ethiopian soldiers moved out late last night,” said a resident on […]
- By Thomas C. Mountain In a worrying sign for the powers that be in the west the Somali national resistance under the umbrella of Al Shabab has made its first major breakthrough in the northern region of Somalia by bringing into its folds the Islamic Resistance in Puntland. With Al Shabab this past year […]
‘Terror group’ Somalia’s only hope for peace and stability By David Williamson To end the war and famine ravaging Somalia the West must deal with men it regards as dangerous extremists, urges Welsh foreign affairs expert Grant Dawson WHO can bring peace to Somalia after two decades of destructive civil war and cope with its […]
Kenya troops to ‘join Somalia’s African Union force’ Kenya’s parliament has approved the integration of government troops in Somalia into the African Union (AU) force fighting militant Islamists. By BBC, 7 December 2011 The decision comes after the AU last week asked Kenyan troops to join its 9,000-strong force in Somalia to battle al-Qaeda-linked group, […]
