February 12, 2007

RAIDERS ON THE HORN

Posted at 7:14 pm on Monday the 12th
Filed under: Foreign Policy

Summaries here and here and here.

A group that has claimed responsibility for recent attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu Monday warned it would shoot down planes using Mogadishu International Airport.

“They have to know that the resistance will shoot down planes that use Mogadishu airport. All the necessary equipment for carrying out this operation is in our hands,” according to the statement by the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations.

The statement was dated Sunday and posted on the Islamic courts’ Web site.

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The Islamic movement, which still has support in Mogadishu, has vowed to wage an Iraq-style insurgency, and attacks in the capital have happened nearly daily over the past month. Article

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